| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical communication apparatus capable of preventing an overall system from being disabled from communicating, regardless of a network connection style.SOLUTION: An optical communication apparatus 1 comprises switch units SW1-SW6 capable of switching an optical transmission path in the apparatus between a normal path and a bypass path which are defined as follows. Namely, the normal path is a path C1-C6 for inputting optical signals inputted to input ports P1, P3, P5 to optical receivers Rx1, Rx3, Rx5 corresponding to the input ports P1, P3, P5 and outputting optical signals outputted from optical transmitters Tx2, Tx4, Tx6 determined by a communication control section 4 to output ports P2, P4, P6 corresponding to the optical transmitters Tx2, Tx4, Tx6. The bypass path is a path B12, B34, B56 for bypassing the optical signals inputted to the input ports P1, P3, P5 to output ports P2, P4, P6 of different opposite-side nodes from the input ports P1, P3, P5. |
