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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1991
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A traffic control method for controlling the traffic characteristics of fixed-length information units and transmitting the information units through a number of divided systems in a ATM communication network comprises a step for monitoring the information units to determine whether or not the information units are transmitted according to prescribed traffic characteristics at the inlets of a plurality of divided systems, a step for regulating the information unit which violates the prescribed traffic characteristics at the inlets of the divided systems, a step for monitoring the information units to determine whether or not the information units are transmitted according to prescribed traffic characteristics at the outlets of a plurality of divided systems, and a step for shaping the information unit which violates the prescribed traffic characteristics at the outlets of the divided systems.