// Establish connection
        channel.setState(ChannelState.CONNECTING);
        transport.connect();
        
        // Perform channel binding
        performChannelBinding(channel);
        
        // Add to active channels
        channels.put(channelId, channel);
        channel.setState(ChannelState.ESTABLISHED);
        

     */
    public ChannelInfo getChannelForTransport(SmbTransport transport) {
        return channels.values().stream().filter(c -> c.getTransport() == transport).findFirst().orElse(null);
    }

    /**
     * Remove a channel
     *
     * @param channel channel to remove
     */
    public void removeChannel(ChannelInfo channel) {
        channels.remove(channel.getChannelId());

            return new ArrayList<>(channels);
        }

        public void addChannel(ChannelInfo channel) {
            channels.add(channel);
            if (primaryChannel == null) {
                primaryChannel = channel;
            }
        }

        public void removeChannel(ChannelInfo channel) {
            channels.remove(channel);

        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.warn("Failed to recover channel {}: {}", channel.getChannelId(), e.getMessage());

            // Schedule next retry or remove
            handleFailure(channel, e);
        }
    }

    private void removeChannel(ChannelInfo channel) {
        log.info("Removing failed channel {} after max retries", channel.getChannelId());

            return false;
        ChannelInfo that = (ChannelInfo) obj;
        return channelId != null ? channelId.equals(that.channelId) : that.channelId == null;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return channelId != null ? channelId.hashCode() : 0;
    }

- [ ] Create channel synchronization mechanism
- [ ] Implement channel failure detection
- [ ] Add automatic channel recovery
- [ ] Create channel performance monitoring

#### 3.3 Integration Points
- Modify `SmbTransportPool` for multiple connections per session
- Update `SmbSession` for multi-channel awareness
- Enhance `SmbTransport` for channel management

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### Phase 4: Directory Leasing

    // Multi-channel configuration fields
    /**
     * Whether to use SMB3 multi-channel support for improved performance and redundancy
     */
    protected boolean useMultiChannel;
    /**
     * Maximum number of SMB3 channels to establish per session
     */
    protected int maxChannels;
    /**
     * Channel binding policy: -1=not set, 0=disabled, 1=preferred, 2=required

        assertArgumentNotNull("file", file);

        final FileInputStream is = InputStreamUtil.create(file);
        try {
            final FileChannel channel = is.getChannel();
            final long fileSize = ChannelUtil.size(channel);

            if (fileSize > maxSize) {

     */
    int getMaxChannels();

    /**
     * Channel binding policy
     *
     * Property {@code jcifs.smb.client.channelBindingPolicy} (String, default "preferred")
     * Values: "disabled", "preferred", "required"
     *
     * @return channel binding policy
     */
    int getChannelBindingPolicy();

    /**
     * Load balancing strategy for multi-channel
     *

    @Test
    @DisplayName("Should write channel field as zero")
    void testChannelFieldAlwaysZero() throws Exception {
        // Given
        byte[] buffer = new byte[512];

        // When
        request.encode(buffer, 0);

        // Then
        int bodyOffset = Smb2Constants.SMB2_HEADER_LENGTH;
        assertEquals(0, SMBUtil.readInt4(buffer, bodyOffset + 8)); // Channel field should always be 0
    }