OPTICAL NETWORK APPARATUS

There is provided an optical network apparatus included in an optical network in which alarm information including a type and a position of a generated failure is transferred, the optical network apparatus including: a reception unit configured to detect alarm information from a received signal, generate alarm code information representing content of an alarm from the alarm information, and transmit a signal including the alarm code information; a transfer unit configured to switch and transfer the signal transmitted from the reception unit; and a transmission unit configured to replace the alarm information included in the signal transferred from the transfer unit, based on the alarm code information, setting information of the transmission unit and setting information of the reception unit, and to transmit the signal including the replaced alarm information.