ATM communication system with optimal traffic control by changing the allocated bandwidth
US5258979A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S370/905
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An ATM communication system including an ATM switching network which includes a plurality of ATM exchanges and controls exchanges among a plurality of terminal equipment and a management apparatus which manages the traffic in the ATM switching network; the ATM switching network including a notifying unit which notifies the terminal equipment of the allocable bandwidth which can be used in accordance with the amount of traffic in the ATM switching network; when the notified allocable bandwidth is a bandwidth which can be used for their communication, the terminal equipment starting the communication in the range of that bandwidth.
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