Congestion Management Using Per Data Type Packet Queues in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

A system comprising:

• a memory configured to store instructions;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to execute instructions to:
• maintain, at a client device, one or more packet queues configured to buffer data packets for transmission through a single virtual channel of a protocol for exchanging data for virtual desktop applications for a call initiated using a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) server, wherein each packet queue of the one or more packet queues is associated with a data type and a congestion threshold;
• determine, in response to receiving a first packet corresponding to a respective data type, a fill level of a respective packet queue associated with the respective data type;
• set, in response to determining that the fill level exceeds a respective congestion threshold of the respective packet queue, a congestion state for the single virtual channel;
• and
• transmit a second packet selected from a packet queue of the one or more packet queues based on the congestion state and a respective data type through the single virtual channel.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• maintaining, at a client device, one or more packet queues configured to buffer data packets for transmission through a single virtual channel of a protocol for exchanging data for virtual desktop applications for a call initiated using a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) server, wherein each packet queue of the one or more packet queues is associated with a data type and a congestion threshold;
• determining, in response to receiving a first packet corresponding to a respective data type, a fill level of a respective packet queue associated with the respective data type;
• setting, in response to determining that the fill level exceeds a respective congestion threshold of the respective packet queue, a congestion state for the single virtual channel;
• and
• transmitting a second packet selected from a packet queue of the one or more packet queues based on the congestion state and a respective data type through the single virtual channel.