ATM-Kommunikationssystem

摘要

An ATM communication system including an ATM switching network (2) which includes a plurality of ATM exchanges and controls exchanges among a plurality of terminal equipment (4) and a management apparatus (3) which manages the traffic in the ATM switching network (2); the ATM switching network (2) including a notifying unit (6) which notifies the terminal equipment (4) 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 (4) starting the communication in the range of that bandwidth.