Method and apparatus for controlling congestion of network equipment

An apparatus for controlling congestion of network equipment that connects networks with each other, comprising:

• a congestion type determination unit configured to determine a type of congestion based on types of the network equipment;
• a critical bandwidth setting unit configured to identify a network connection section having a strong possibility of occurrence of congestion based on the type of congestion, and to set a critical congestion bandwidth that is used to determine the occurrence of congestion;
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• a traffic control unit configured to identify users required for equal distribution of traffic upon occurrence of congestion based on the critical congestion bandwidth, and to equally distribute traffic to the identified users based on the critical congestion bandwidth and then drop an excess of arriving traffic over the equally distributed traffic, thereby performing avoidance of the congestion.