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A system for monitoring an ATM cross-connecting apparatus by inputting a test cell through a path for a main signal into the ATM cross-connecting apparatus, and examining the cell after the cell passed through the ATM cross-connecting apparatus. An initial value of a PN sequence and the PN sequence generated based on the initial bit sequence is written in the test cell before inputting to the ATM cross-connecting apparatus. When examining the test cell, the initial bit sequence and the PN sequence are read from the cell, a PN sequence is generated based on the initial bit sequence, and the generated pseudo-noise sequence is then compared with the PN sequence read from the test cell to detect an error in the test cell. In addition, a bit pattern indicating a primitive polynomial to generate the PN sequence may be written in the test cell. In this case, the bit pattern is used for generating the PN sequence when examining the test cell. Further, the same VPI values may be written in both the header and the information field of the test cell before inputting the cell to the ATM cross-connecting apparatus, and the VPI value in the information field is compared with a VPI value in the header of the test cell when examining the test cell.

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