Abstract: A commuications control system for distributing execution of communication connecting among the service access points of a local multiprocessor computer system and remote computer systems interconnected by a communications network. A load balancing module includes a local user list for storing the number of communications connections being executed by each local access point and a remote user list for storing the number of communication connections between each local service access point in the local computer system and each remote service access point.

Abstract: A communications control system in a multi-processor system includes a connection distribution data structure, including, for each central processing unit, a connection count means for storing a number representing the number of communication connections currently being executed by the corresponding central processing unit, and a gate driver interface service module. The gate driver interface service module is a single task resident in the computer system memory with an active invocation in a single central processing unit of the processing system. The gate driver interface service module responds to each request by selecting the central processing unit presently executing the least number of communication connections, and assigning the communication connection to the central processing unit for execution by constructing a corresponding control block containing the identification of the central processing unit assigned to execute the communication operation.