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Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling the restriction on traffic in a mobile communication system enabling an efficient mobile communication system with little wasted processing, wherein the apparatus for controlling the restriction on traffic includes a report unit provided in a mobile communication switching center for reporting a processing state indicating a congested state or a normal state to a management center in advance; a management unit provided in the management center for managing the processing states of each mobile communication switching center based on the reports of the processing states; a notifying unit provided in the management center for investigating by the management unit the processing state of a destination mobile communication switching center in response to a request, from a gateway mobile switching center, for a location of a destination to be connected to a call and notifying the gateway mobile switching center that the processing state is a congested state when in a congested state; and a control unit provided in the gateway mobile switching center for controlling the system so that, when receiving a notification of a congested state, the gateway mobile switching center does not connect a speech channel to the mobile communication switching center in a congested state.

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