A communication system comprising: a communication terminal (10, 70); a base station (20, 72) connected to the communication terminal (10, 70); a management apparatus (30, 90) configured to manage positional information regarding the communication terminal (10, 70); a server configured to provide a communication service for the communication terminal (10, 70), wherein the server is a server providing a mobile edge computing function, and is located in the vicinity of the base station (20, 72); a local gateway (71, 78, 80) configured to connect the base station (20, 72) to the server, the local gateway (71, 78, 80) including physical resources and software resources, and being configured to operate as a virtual network apparatus by activating network functions using the software resources; and a control apparatus (32, 60) configured to control start or stop of the network function that the local gateway (71, 78, 80) includes; wherein the management apparatus (30, 90) is configured to transmit the positional information regarding the communication terminal (10, 70) to the control apparatus (32, 60); the control apparatus (32, 60) is configured to control start or stop of the network function that the local gateway (71, 78, 80) includes based on the positional information, and further information comprising at least one of a type of the communication terminal (10, 70), a type of a service that has been requested, and a delay time that the service requests, the further information being received from the management apparatus (30, 90) and the communication terminal (10, 70) is configured to receive the communication service from the server via the local gateway (71, 80, 80) in which the network function has been activated. a communication terminal (10, 70); a base station (20, 72) connected to the communication terminal (10, 70); a management apparatus (30, 90) configured to manage positional information regarding the communication terminal (10, 70); a server configured to provide a communication service for the communication terminal (10, 70), wherein the server is a server providing a mobile edge computing function, and is located in the vicinity of the base station (20, 72); a local gateway (71, 78, 80) configured to connect the base station (20, 72) to the server, the local gateway (71, 78, 80) including physical resources and software resources, and being configured to operate as a virtual network apparatus by activating network functions using the software resources; and a control apparatus (32, 60) configured to control start or stop of the network function that the local gateway (71, 78, 80) includes; wherein the management apparatus (30, 90) is configured to transmit the positional information regarding the communication terminal (10, 70) to the control apparatus (32, 60); the control apparatus (32, 60) is configured to control start or stop of the network function that the local gateway (71, 78, 80) includes based on the positional information, and further information comprising at least one of a type of the communication terminal (10, 70), a type of a service that has been requested, and a delay time that the service requests, the further information being received from the management apparatus (30, 90) and the communication terminal (10, 70) is configured to receive the communication service from the server via the local gateway (71, 80, 80) in which the network function has been activated.