| 摘要 |
When establishing in an ATM communication network a connection using ABR service, an ABR transmission bandwidth calculation part (106) calculates in a communication element (100) an ABR allocation bandwidth allocated to the ABR service and a transmission bandwidth determination part (108) determines whether or not the ABR allocation bandwidth is not more than 50 Mbps. When as a result the ABR allocation bandwidth is not more than 50 Mbps, a PCR computation part (112) calculates the value of an RIF in the range of 1/4 </= RIF </= 1, for example, calculates the value of a PCR in a range where the total value of the PCR is 20 % to 60 % of the ABR allocation bandwidth and decides that an RDF is 1. On the basis of the values obtained in this PCR computation part (112), a parameter set part (103) sets the values of the RIF, RDF and PCR which are ABR parameters. Flow control is performed on the basis of such ABR parameters, whereby cell loss in a cell buffer is suppressed and communication efficiency is improved. <IMAGE> |
