Receiving apparatus, transmitting apparatus, transmission system, receiving method and transmitting method
A reception device includes a reception unit that receives a signal obtained by polarization multiplexing of an X polarized wave and a Y polarized wave, converts a received signal into a received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave, and outputs the received signal, a first signal decoding unit that decodes one series of transmission signals from the received signal output by the reception unit, a polarization separation unit that performs polarization separation on the received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the reception unit, a second signal decoding unit that decodes the received signal polarization-separated by the polarization separation unit, and a first polarization processing switching unit that captures a received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the reception unit, and switches an output destination of the received signal that has been captured to one of the first signal decoding unit and the polarization separation unit on the basis of information indicating a modulation method.
1 . A reception device, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a signal obtained by polarization multiplexing of an X polarized wave and a Y polarized wave, converts a received signal into a received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave, and outputs the received signal;
a first signal decoder configured to decode one series of transmission signals from the received signal output by the receiver;
a polarization separator configured to perform polarization separation on the received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the receiver;
a second signal decoder configured to decode the received signal polarization-separated by the polarization separator; and
a first polarization processing switch configured to capture the received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the receiver, and switches an output destination of the received signal that has been captured to one of the first signal decoder and the polarization separator on a basis of information indicating a modulation method.
2 . The reception device according to claim 1 , wherein
the information indicating the modulation method is information indicating that the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave are signals modulated by a same transmission signal, or information indicating that the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave are signals other than signals modulated by a same transmission signal, and
the first polarization processing switch
switches, in a case where the information indicating the modulation method is information indicating that the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave are signals modulated by a same transmission signal, the output destination of the received signal that has been captured to the first signal decoder, and switches, in a case where the information indicating the modulation method is information indicating that the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave are signals other than signals modulated by a same transmission signal, the output destination of the received signal that has been captured to the polarization separator.
3 . The reception device according to claim 2 , wherein
the second signal decoder includes
a third signal decoder configured to decode two series of transmission signals from the received signal polarization-separated by the polarization separator,
a fourth signal decoder configured to decode one series of transmission signals from the received signal polarization-separated by the polarization separator, and
a second polarization processing switch configured to capture a received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave polarization-separated by the polarization separator, and switches the output destination of the received signal that has been captured to one of the third signal decoder and the fourth signal decoder on a basis of the information indicating the modulation method, wherein
the information indicating the modulation method is any one of information indicating that the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave are signals modulated by a same transmission signal, information indicating that the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave are signals modulated by respective different transmission signals, or information indicating that one of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave is a signal modulated by a transmission signal, and
the second polarization processing switch
switches, in a case where the information indicating the modulation method is information indicating that the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave are signals modulated by respective different transmission signals, the output destination of the received signal that has been captured to the third signal decoder, and switches, in a case where the information indicating the modulation method is information indicating that one of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave is a signal modulated by a transmission signal, the output destination of the received signal that has been captured to the fourth signal decoder.
4 . The reception device according to claim 3 , further comprising
a polarization processing determiner configured to determine whether or not it is necessary to perform polarization separation on a basis of a received signal obtained by performing polarization separation on the received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the receiver and the received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the receiver, wherein
the first polarization processing switch
switches, in a case where the information indicating the modulation method is information indicating that the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave are signals modulated by a same transmission signal, and a determination result of the polarization processing determiner is not a determination result indicating that it is necessary to perform the polarization separation, the output destination of the received signal that has been captured to the first signal decoder, and switches, in a case where the information indicating the modulation method is information indicating that the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave are signals modulated by a same transmission signal, and a determination result of the polarization processing determiner is a determination result indicating that it is necessary to perform the polarization separation, the output destination of the received signal that has been captured to the polarization separator, and
the second polarization processing switch
switches, in a case where the information indicating the modulation method is information indicating that the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave are signals modulated by respective different transmission signals, the output destination of the received signal that has been captured to the third signal decoder, and switches, in a case where the information indicating the modulation method is any one of information indicating that the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave are signals modulated by a same transmission signal or information indicating that one of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave is a signal modulated by a transmission signal, the output destination of the received signal that has been captured to the fourth signal decoder.
5 . A transmission system, comprising a transmission device and a reception device, wherein
the transmission device includes
a modulation signal switch configured to selectively output both or one of two transmission signals on a basis of information indicating a modulation method,
a polarization generator configured to separate a carrier wave into an X direction and a Y direction to generate an X polarized wave and a Y polarized wave,
a modulator configured to modulate each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave generated by the polarization generator on a basis of the transmission signal selectively output by the modulation signal switch, and a polarization multiplexer configured to polarization-multiplexer modulated signals in the X direction and the Y direction modulated by the modulator and transmits the modulated signals, and
the reception device includes
a receiver configured to receive a signal obtained by polarization multiplexing of an X polarized wave and a Y polarized wave, converts a received signal into a received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave, and outputs the received signal,
a first signal decoder configured to decode one series of transmission signals from the received signal output by the receiver,
a polarization separator configured to perform polarization separation on the received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the receiver,
a second signal decoder configured to decode the received signal polarization-separated by the polarization separator, and
a first polarization processing switch configured to capture the received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the receiver, and switches an output destination of the received signal that has been captured to one of the first signal decoder and the polarization separator on a basis of the information indicating the modulation method.
6 . A reception method, comprising:
by a receiver, receiving a signal obtained by polarization multiplexing of an X polarized wave and a Y polarized wave, converting the received signal into a received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave, and outputting the received signal;
by a first polarization processing switch, capturing a received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the receiver, and switching an output destination of the received signal that has been captured to one of a first signal decoder and a polarization separator on a basis of information indicating a modulation method;
by the first signal decoder, decoding one series of transmission signals from the received signal output by the first polarization processing switch;
by the polarization separator, polarization separating the received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the first polarization processing switch; and
by a second signal decoder, decoding the received signal polarization-separated by the polarization separator.