IP Library Granted Patent US 12,587,283
Granted Patent B2
US 12,587,283 · App. 18/037,519 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Receiving apparatus and receiving method

Inventors: Ryo Igarashi (Musashino, JP); Ryo Koma (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04B10/61H04B10/077H04B10/6165H04L27/0014H04L2027/0026
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Patent No.
US 12,587,283
App. No.
18/037,519
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

One aspect of the present invention is a receiving apparatus including a reception unit that receives signal light frequency-modulated by a signal obtained by adding a main signal and a control signal having a lower frequency than the main signal, and converts the signal light into an analog electric signal, and a processing unit that acquires a code sequence corresponding to the control signal on the basis of the analog electric signal, in which the processing unit includes a frequency offset amount acquisition unit that acquires a frequency offset amount of the signal light acquired on the basis of the analog electric signal, and a determination unit that determines the code sequence corresponding to the control signal on the basis of the frequency offset amount acquired by the frequency offset amount acquisition unit.

Claims (34)

1 . A receiving apparatus comprising:

a receiver that receives signal light frequency-modulated by a signal obtained by adding a main signal and a control signal having a lower frequency than the main signal, and converts the signal light into an analog electric signal; and

a processor that acquires a code sequence corresponding to the control signal on the basis of the analog electric signal,

wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions to

acquire a frequency offset amount of the signal light acquired on the basis of the analog electric signal, and

remove a high-frequency component of the frequency offset amount,

extract a symbol corresponding to the control signal, by down-sampling on the basis of the frequency offset amount from which the high-frequency component has been removed;

derive a statistical value of the frequency offset amount from which the high-frequency component has been removed; and

determine the code sequence corresponding to the control signal on the basis of the extracted symbol and the derived statistical value.

2 . The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to execute instructions to extract the symbol corresponding to the control signal by down-sampling, to a symbol rate of the control signal, on the basis of the frequency offset amount from which the high-frequency component has been removed.

3 . A receiving apparatus comprising:

a receiver that receives signal light frequency-modulated by a signal obtained by adding a main signal and a signal obtained by superimposing a subcarrier on a control signal having a lower frequency than the main signal, and converts the signal light into an analog electric signal; and

a processor that acquires a code sequence corresponding to the control signal on the basis of the analog electric signal,

wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions to

acquire a frequency offset amount of the signal light acquired on the basis of the analog electric signal,

remove a signal other than a signal of a frequency band of the control signal from the frequency offset amount, and

down-convert the signal of the frequency band of the control signal that is extracted by removal,

derive a statistical value of the signal of the frequency band of the control signal that is down-converted to the baseband, and

determine the code sequence corresponding to the control signal on the basis of the derived statistical value and the signal of the frequency band of the control signal that is down-converted to the baseband.

4 . The receiving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the processor is further configured to execute instructions to extract a symbol corresponding to the control signal by down-sampling, to a symbol rate of the control signal, the frequency offset amount of a frequency band of the control signal down-converted to the baseband, and

the processor is configured to execute instructions to determine the code sequence corresponding to the control signal on the basis of the derived statistical value and the extracted symbol corresponding to the control signal by the down-sampling.

5 . The receiving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the processor is configured to

derive the statistical value of the signal of the frequency band of the control signal in which a subcarrier is removed by down-converting, and

determine the code sequence corresponding to the control signal on the basis of the derived statistical value and the signal of the frequency band of the control signal in which the subcarrier is removed.

6 . A receiving method executed by a receiving apparatus, the receiving method comprising:

receiving signal light frequency-modulated by a signal obtained by adding a main signal and a control signal having a lower frequency than the main signal, and converting the signal light into an analog electric signal;

acquiring a frequency offset amount of the signal light acquired on the basis of the analog electric signal;

removing a high-frequency component of the frequency offset amount,

extracting a symbol corresponding to the control signal, by down-sampling on the basis of the frequency offset amount from which the high-frequency component has been removed;

deriving a statistical value of the frequency offset amount from which the high-frequency component has been removed; and

determining a code sequence corresponding to the control signal on the basis of the extracted symbol and the derived statistical value.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072996/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2023
From: IGARASHI, RYO; KOMA, RYO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063677/0228 →
Continuity (1)
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