Transmission device, reception device, transmission method, and reception method

1. A transmission device comprising:

a transmitter configured to output first monitoring signal light including monitoring control information; and

a switch that switches an output destination of the first monitoring signal light output from the transmitter to any one of a first transmission path or a second transmission path, and wherein

a circuitry configured to acquire setting information according to a combination of the transmission device and another transmission device and instructs the switch to switch the output destination on a basis of the setting information, wherein

in the first transmission path, a first main signal is transmitted from the transmission device to the another transmission device, and

in the second transmission path, a second main signal is transmitted from the another transmission device to the transmission device,

wherein the circuitry acquires the setting information from a computer coupled to the transmission device and the other transmission device.

2. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein

the switch

switches the output destination of the first monitoring signal light to the first transmission path in a case where a transmission direction of the first monitoring signal light is the same as a transmission direction of the first main signal, and

switches the output destination of the first monitoring signal light to the second transmission path in a case where the transmission direction of the first monitoring signal light is opposite to the transmission direction of the first main signal.

3. The transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first waveguide connected between the first transmission path and the switch; and

a second waveguide connected between the second transmission path and the switch, wherein

the transmitter is detachable from the transmission device, each of the first main signal light and the second main signal light has a band in a first wavelength band, the first waveguide guides the first monitoring signal light in a second wavelength band input from the switch to the first transmission path, and the second waveguide guides the first monitoring signal light in the first wavelength band input from the switch to the second transmission path.

4. A reception device comprising:

a receiver that receives second monitoring signal light including monitoring control information of another transmission device via one of a first transmission path and a second transmission path;

a switch that switches connection between the receiver and the first transmission path and connection between the receiver and the second transmission path; and

a circuitry that acquires setting information according to a combination of the reception device and the another transmission device and instructs the switch to switch a connection destination of the receiver on a basis of the setting information, wherein

in the first transmission path, a first main signal is transmitted from the reception device to the another transmission device, and

in the second transmission path, a second main signal is transmitted from the another transmission device to the reception device,

wherein

the circuitry acquires the setting information from a computer coupled to the reception device and the another transmission device.

5. The reception device according to claim 4 , wherein the switch switches to

connect the receiver to the first transmission path in a case where a transmission direction of the second monitoring signal is opposite to a transmission direction of the first main signal, and

connect the receiver to the second transmission path in a case where a transmission direction of the second monitoring signal light is the same as the transmission direction of the first main signal.

6. The reception device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a first detector that detects the second monitoring signal light input from the first transmission path to the optical switch;

a second detector that detects the second monitoring signal light input from the second transmission path to the optical switch; and

a circuitry that instructs the optical switch to switch a connection state on a basis of detection results of the first detector and the second detector.

7. The reception device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a first waveguide connected between the first transmission path and the optical switch; and

a second waveguide connected between the second transmission path and the optical switch, wherein

the receiver is detachable from the reception device, each of the first main signal light and the second main signal light has a band in a first wavelength band, the first waveguide guides the second monitoring signal light in the first wavelength band from the first transmission path to the switch, and the second waveguide guides the second monitoring signal light in the second wavelength band from the second transmission path to the switch.

8. A transmission method which is performed by a transmission device, the transmission method comprising:

outputting first monitoring signal light including monitoring control information; and

switching, by a switch, an output destination of the first monitoring signal light to any one of a first transmission path or a second transmission path, wherein

in the first transmission path, a first main signal is transmitted from the transmission device to another transmission device, and

in the second transmission path, a second main signal is transmitted from the another transmission device to the transmission device,

wherein the transmission method further includes:

acquiring setting information according to a combination of the transmission device and the another transmission device and instructing the switch to switch the output destination on a basis of the setting information, wherein acquiring the setting information from a computer coupled to the transmission device and the another transmission device.

9. The transmission method according to claim 8 , wherein

the output destination of the first monitoring signal light is

switched to the first transmission path in a case where a transmission direction of the first monitoring signal light is the same as a transmission direction of the first main signal, and

switched to the second transmission path in a case where the transmission direction of the first monitoring signal light is opposite to the transmission direction of the first main signal.

10. A reception method which is performed by a reception device, the reception method comprising:

receiving second monitoring signal light including monitoring control information via one of a first transmission path and a second transmission path; and

switching, by a switch, to connect a receiver to the first transmission path or connect the receiver to the second transmission path, wherein

in the first transmission path, a first main signal is transmitted from the reception device to another transmission device, and

in the second transmission path, a second main signal is transmitted from the another transmission device to the reception device,

wherein

acquiring, from a control device which is configured to monitor and control the reception device and the another transmission device, setting information according to a combination of the reception device and the another transmission device and instructs the switch to switch a connection destination of the receiver on a basis of the setting information.

11. The reception method according to claim 10 , wherein

the processing for switching the connection switches to

connect the receiver to the first transmission path in a case where a transmission direction of the second monitoring signal is opposite to a transmission direction of the first main signal, and

connect the receiver to the second transmission path in a case where a transmission direction of the second monitoring signal light is the same as the transmission direction of the first main signal.