SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DATA IN A LOADBALANCING ENVIRONMENT

A method for communicating data in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a request from an end user for a communications link, the request being used to initiate a communication session. A response is then received that is communicated to the end user in order to establish the communication session, the response being generated by a network node that was selected as a result of a loadbalancing decision. Port-level filtering for the communication session may then be invoked after the response such that separate data and signal pathways are established for selected information associated with the communication session.