An optical cross-connecting device is small in scale of a switch even when
a wavelength multiplexed signal to be transmitted through an optical
fiber is high density and wide range. Switching of the wavelength
multiplexed signals is performed in a first optical switch, switching per
wavelength group in a second optical switch is performed for only signals
required switching for smaller granularity, and switching per wavelength
signals in a third optical switch is performed for only signals required
switching for smaller granularity to from the opticall cross-connecting
device. By this, even when the wavelength multiplexed signal to be
transmitted through the optical fiber is high density and wide band, the
optical cross-connecting device can be small in scale of a switch.