Abstract: A distributed cycle reset protocol used in a system including a plurality of nodes sharing a single medium, which reduces the reset overhead generated due to an increased medium distance and increased transmission rate in accordance with a reset made by the co-operation between two adjacent nodes. The distributed cycle reset protocol includes a distributed medium connection control unit for controlling each of the nodes in such a manner that a node, in which all quotas thereof have been exhausted, is allocated with new quotas to enter a new cell transmission cycle when it receives a reset signal from a lower-order node after transmitting a reset signal to a higher-order node.