Intelligent network resource manager

A method comprising:

• assigning a first priority to a first virtual channel set comprising at least two virtual channels of a plurality of virtual channels associated with a physical communication channel;
• assigning a second priority to a second virtual channel set comprising at least one virtual channel of the plurality of virtual channels;
• wherein the first virtual channel set has more virtual channels than the second virtual channel set;
• directing outbound messages of the first priority to virtual channels of the first virtual channel set;
• directing outbound messages of the second priority to virtual channels of the second virtual channel set;
• processing the plurality of virtual channels in a round-robin order, wherein processing comprises sending the outbound messages over the physical communication channel;
• wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of:

• assigning a selected priority and a selected category to each of a plurality of virtual channels selected from a set of virtual channels associated with a physical communication channel;
• wherein each selected priority is selected from a plurality of priorities comprising a first priority and a second priority;
• wherein each selected category is selected from a plurality of categories comprising a first category and a second category;
• directing outbound messages to the plurality of virtual channels based on a category and a priority of each outbound message;
• processing the plurality of virtual channels in a circular order to send the outbound messages over the physical communication channel.