Add/drop multiplexer, network system, transmission method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and management device

Abstract

Provided is a wavelength path communication node device with no collision of wave lengths and routes, capable of outputting arbitrary wavelengths, and capable of outputting them to arbitrary routes. An add/drop multiplexer () includes a communication unit () that communicates an optical signal with at least one client device and at least one network and a control unit () that indicates a transfer destination of the optical signal according to an attribute of the received optical signal to the communication unit (). The control unit () indicates an attenuation amount of the optical signal to the communication unit () for each connected device. When a connected device is changed, the control unit () instructs the communication unit () to change the attenuation amount. The communication unit () attenuates the optical signal with the attenuation amount indicated by the control unit () and transfers the attenuated optical signal to a transfer destination.