Abstract: An ATM communication apparatus and the bandwidth control method thereof that are capable of bandwidth control to guarantee the minimum cell rate and limit the upper-limit for each of subscriber terminals, dynamically and fairly distribute the shared bandwidth based on the registered status and can be easily applied to the system that is already operating the actual service.

Abstract: An ATM communication apparatus and a bandwidth control method guarantee the minimum cell rate and limit the upper-limit for each of subscriber terminals, dynamically and fairly distribute the shared bandwidth based on the register status, and are easily applied to the system this is already operating the actual service. A traffic supervisory unit supervises traffic situations of upstream ATM cells, and a bandwidth controller controls an access bandwidth of each of the optical network units 3-1 to 3-n based on receiving of effective ATM cells transmitted by a plurality of the optical network units 3-1 to 3-n that the traffic supervisory unit detects. A control table of permission transmits an upstream cell for maintaining the access bandwidth judged by the bandwidth controller. A generator of permission to transmit an upstream cell for generating permission to transmit an upstream cell according to the access bandwidth judged by the bandwidth controller.

Abstract: An access inducing apparatus automatically makes a notification which includes information for inducing a user to a homepage when a predetermined condition is satisfied, with reference to a point in time when the user last made access to the homepage.

Abstract: Disclosed are the ATM communication apparatus and the bandwidth control method thereof that are capable of bandwidth control to guarantee the minimum cell rate and limit the upper-limit for each of subscriber terminals, dynamically and fairly distribute the shared bandwidth based on the register status and can be easily applied to the system that is already operating the actual service.