A method for monitoring traffic in a
packet switched network. The
packet switched network includes connections grouped in a
single group; token buffers for respectively corresponding to the connections, and storing tokens generated at a predetermined token
generation rate by the corresponding connection; a shared token
pool for being shared among the connections, and storing the generated tokens therein when each token buffer of each connection is over a predetermined
maximum size; and counters for respectively corresponding to the connections, and counting tokens stored in the shared token
pool by a corresponding connection. The method for monitoring traffic in the
packet switched network includes the steps of: a) providing data buffers for respectively corresponding to the connections and storing a packet of a contract-following connection in case of a temporary deficiency of a network resource; b) if a token buffer of a corresponding connection is over a predetermined
maximum size and the shared token
pool is over its own predetermined
maximum size, storing tokens generated during a token
generation time in the shared token pool, and controlling a count value of a corresponding counter; c) checking the count value of the corresponding counter, and selectively controlling a permitted buffer size of a
data buffer of a corresponding connection upon receiving the checking result of the count value of the corresponding counter; and d) checking a token buffer of a corresponding connection and a shared token pool if a packet reaches the corresponding connection or is present in a
data buffer of the corresponding connection, and selectively storing a received packet in a corresponding
data buffer according to a count value of a corresponding counter if there is no token in the token buffer of the corresponding connection and the shared token pool.