A communication apparatus used as a first communication apparatus in a communication system having a ring network, the communication apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store information indicating a correspondence between a state of a path provided on the ring network, a state of a first link established between the first and third communication apparatuses, a state of a second link established between the second and third communication apparatuses, and a direction of forwarding the data; and a control unit configured to monitor links that are included in the ring network, and presence or absence of a failure occurring in each of the first and second links, and determine a direction of forwarding data to which path identification information corresponding to the third communication apparatus is added based on a result of the monitoring and the information stored in the storage unit.