IP Library Granted Patent US 12,500,672
Granted Patent B2
US 12,500,672 · App. 18/276,985 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Optical receiving apparatus and frequency offset compensation method

Inventors: Ryo Koma (Musashino, JP); Junichi Kani (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04B10/6164H04B10/0775H04B10/40H04B10/63H04B10/65
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Patent No.
US 12,500,672
App. No.
18/276,985
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reception unit, in which a range of an electric band is in a range from −Be to +Be and Be >B/2 is satisfied, receives signal light of a symbol rate B generated by optically modulating transmission data, performs digital coherent reception by interfering the received signal light with the local oscillation light generated by the local oscillation light source, converts the signal light into an electric digital signal, and output the digital signal, and a frequency offset compensation unit provided in a digital signal processing unit estimates a frequency offset amount generated in the digital signal in a range of −B/2 or more and +B/2 or less in accordance with a frequency difference between the signal light and the local oscillation light, and perform frequency offset compensation for the digital signal on the basis of the estimated frequency offset amount to compensate the frequency offset amount in a range of −B/2 or more and +B/2 or less and compensate so as to remain the frequency offset amount of an integral multiple of the symbol rate B when the frequency offset amount is in a range of less than −B/2 and a range of more than +B/2.

Claims (26)

1 . An optical reception device comprising:

a local oscillation light source configured to generate local oscillation light,

a receiver configured to receive signal light of a symbol rate B generated by optically modulating transmission data, perform digital coherent reception by interfering the received signal light with the local oscillation light generated by the local oscillation light source, convert the signal light into an electric digital signal, and output the digital signal, in which a range of an electric band is in a range from-Be to +Be and Be >B/2 is satisfied; and

a digital signal processor configured to demodulate the transmission data from the digital signal outputted by the receiver, wherein

the digital signal processor comprises:

a frequency offset compensator configured to estimate a frequency offset amount generated in the digital signal in a range of −B/2 or more and +B/2 or less in accordance with a frequency difference between the signal light and the local oscillation light, and perform frequency offset compensation for the digital signal on the basis of the estimated frequency offset amount to compensate the frequency offset amount in the range of −B/2 or more and +B/2 or less and compensate so as to remain the frequency offset amount of an integral multiple of the symbol rate B when the frequency offset amount is in a range of less than −B/2 and a range of more than +B/2.

2 . The optical reception device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a signal quality judger configured to detect an index indicating a deterioration degree of signal quality in the digital signal subjected to frequency offset compensation by the frequency offset compensator and judge whether or not the signal quality of the digital signal is deteriorated on the basis of the detected index indicating the deterioration degree of the signal quality and a predetermined threshold value.

3 . The optical reception device according to claim 2 , wherein

the digital signal processor comprises:

a frequency offset amount estimator configured to estimate the frequency offset amount generated in the digital signal subjected to the frequency offset compensation by the frequency offset compensator in the range of −B/2 or more and +B/2 or less and set the estimated frequency offset amount as a residual frequency offset amount included in the digital signal, and

the signal quality judger uses the residual frequency offset amount as an index indicating a deterioration degree of the signal quality and judges whether or not the signal quality of the digital signal is deteriorated, or calculates a signal-to-noise ratio from the residual frequency offset amount, uses the calculated signal-to-noise ratio as a deterioration degree of the signal quality and judges whether or not the signal quality of the digital signal is deteriorated.

4 . The optical reception device according to claim 2 , wherein the digital signal processor comprises:

a phase compensator configured to detect a phase difference between the signal light and the local oscillation light, and perform phase compensation for the digital signal on the basis of the detected phase difference, and

the signal quality judger calculates an error vector amplitude on the basis of the digital signal subjected to the phase compensation by the phase compensator, uses the calculated error vector amplitude as an index indicating a deterioration degree of the signal quality and judges whether or not the signal quality of the digital signal is deteriorated or calculates a signal-to-noise ratio from the error vector amplitude, uses the calculated signal-to-noise ration as a deterioration degree of the signal quality and judges whether or not the signal quality of the digital signal is deteriorated.

5 . The optical reception device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a transmission wavelength change instructor configured to transmit an instruction signal instructing an optical transmission device that has transmitted the transmission data to change a wavelength of the signal light when the signal quality judger judges that the signal quality of the digital signal is deteriorated.

6 . The optical reception device according to claim 1 , wherein

the digital signal processor comprises:

a residual frequency offset compensator comprises:

a frequency offset amount estimator configured to estimate the frequency offset amount generated in the digital signal subjected to the frequency offset compensation by the frequency offset compensator in the range of −B/2 or more and +B/2 or less, and set the estimated frequency offset amount as a residual frequency offset amount included in the digital signal; and

a compensation processor configured to perform the frequency offset compensation for the digital signal subjected to the frequency offset compensation by the frequency offset compensator based on the residual frequency offset amount.

7 . A frequency offset compensation method, comprising:

a step in which a local oscillation light source generates local oscillation light;

a step in which a receiver, in which a range of an electric band is in a range from −Be to +Be and Be>B/2 is satisfied, receives signal light of a symbol rate B generated by optically modulating transmission data, performs digital coherent reception by interfering the received signal light with the local oscillation light generated by the local oscillation light source, converts the signal light into an electric digital signal, and output the digital signal; and

a step in which a frequency offset compensator provided in a digital signal processor that demodulates the transmission data from the digital signal outputted by the receiver estimates a frequency offset amount generated in the digital signal in a range of −B/2 or more and +B/2 or less in accordance with a frequency difference between the signal light and the local oscillation light, and perform frequency offset compensation for the digital signal on the basis of the estimated frequency offset amount to compensate the frequency offset amount in the range of −B/2 or more and +B/2 or less and compensate so as to remain the frequency offset amount of an integral multiple of the symbol rate B when the frequency offset amount is in a range of less than −B/2 and a range of more than +B/2.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 30, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072983/0884 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2023
From: KOMA, RYO; KANI, JUNICHI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064566/0459 →
Continuity (1)
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