A resource management method, which is a method of managing circuit resources that are provided in a remote access server, which is the data-link initiation reception side device, that, in accordance with a connection request that is received by way of a circuit-switching network from a terminal device, which is the data-link initiation side device, initiates a link and connects to an ISP server by way of the Internet;
- said resource management method comprising steps of:
- dividing circuit resources that are provided in a remote access server between physical link resources to each said terminal device and logical link resources to said ISP server, and setting such that the logical link resource number, which is the number of said logical link resources, is greater than the physical link resource number, which is the number of said physical link resources;
- upon receiving a new connection request from a terminal device, using a logical link resource and connection identifier that are not currently being used to connect to said ISP server;
- upon receiving a request from a terminal device indicating a transition to a dormant state, releasing the physical link resource to the terminal device while maintaining the connection of the logical link resource to said ISP server without change;
- and
- upon receiving a reconnection request from a terminal device indicating a connection identifier, using the logical link resource that is set to the connection identifier to reconnect.