Enhanced QoS solution for thin client or remote access sessions

A gateway operative in a network comprising a remote access server and a remote access client, wherein the remote access client and the remote access server are operative to transmit remote session data using a remote access session protocol, the gateway, comprising

• at least one network interface;
• a processor;
• a memory;
• a data flow management application, stored in the memory, comprising instructions operable to cause the processor and the at least one network interface to
• de-multiplex a remote access session between a remote access server and a remote access client into a plurality of data streams, wherein de-multiplexing the remote access session comprises
• receiving, over a first transport layer connection during the remote access session, from the remote access client input/output data associated with one or more input/output devices of the second host;
• and
• separating the input/output data received from remote access client into the plurality of data streams, each of the data streams associated with a virtual channel of the remote access session or an access priority, the input/output data separated into the plurality of data streams according to the type of input/output data;
• transmit the plurality of data streams across a network over corresponding transport layer connections to a second gateway;
• monitor a handshake between the remote access client and the remote access server;
• and
• establish at least one connection between the first gateway and the second gateway in response to a successful handshake between the remote access client and the remote access server.

A method, comprising

• receiving, at a first gateway, one or more meta frame packets transmitted between a remote access client and a remote access server during a remote access session, wherein each of the meta frame packets comprises one or more command packets each associated with a virtual channel of a plurality of virtual channels, wherein a first virtual channel of the plurality of virtual channels comprises keystroke input data transmitted from the remote access client to the remote access server, and wherein a second virtual channel of the plurality of virtual channels comprises mouse movement data transmitted from the remote access client to the remote access server;
• and
• de-multiplexing, at the first gateway, the remote access session between the remote access server and the remote access client into a plurality of data streams by
• extracting the command packets from the meta frame packets;
• transmitting one or more of the extracted command packets across a network over a first transport layer connection to a second gateway;
• and
• transmitting one or more of the other extracted command packets across the network over a second transport layer connection to the second gateway.