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App. No. 18/717,067

ESTIMATION METHOD, OPTICAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

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18/717,067
Abstract

An estimation method in an optical transmission system that performs communication by a digital coherent system including an optical transmission device and an optical reception device, the estimation method including calculating a ratio of a linearly transformed amount after converting a tap coefficient of a digital filter included in the optical reception device into a frequency domain signal by digital Fourier transform, and estimating a physical quantity related to at least a response between the optical transmission device and the optical reception device based on amplitude and phase information of the ratio of the calculated linearly transformed amount.

Claims (13)

1 . An estimation method in an optical transmission system that performs communication by a digital coherent system including an optical transmission device and an optical reception device, the estimation method comprising:

calculating a ratio of a linearly transformed amount after converting a tap coefficient of a digital filter included in the optical reception device into a frequency domain signal by digital Fourier transform; and

estimating a physical quantity related to at least a response between the optical transmission device and the optical reception device based on amplitude and phase information of the ratio of the calculated linearly transformed amount.

2 . The estimation method according to claim 1 , wherein

a delay difference between an I channel and a Q channel is estimated as a physical quantity related to a response between the optical transmission device and the optical reception device.

3 . The estimation method according to claim 1 , wherein an amplitude difference between an I channel and a Q channel is estimated as a physical quantity related to a response between the optical transmission device and the optical reception device.

4 . The estimation method according to claim 1 , wherein an orthogonal error between an I channel and a Q channel is estimated as a physical quantity related to a response between the optical transmission device and the optical reception device.

5 . An optical reception device in an optical transmission system that performs communication by a digital coherent system including an optical transmission device and the optical reception device, the optical reception device comprising:

an adaptive equalizer configured to perform adaptive equalization processing using a digital filter;

a Fourier transformer configured to convert a tap coefficient of the digital filter into a signal in a frequency domain by digital Fourier transform; and

an estimator configured to calculate a ratio of a linearly transformed amount after conversion into a signal in a frequency domain by the Fourier transformer, and estimates a physical quantity related to at least a response between the optical transmission device and the optical reception device based on amplitude and phase information of the calculated ratio of the linearly transformed amount.

6 . A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program for making a computer perform processes as an optical reception device in an optical transmission system that performs communication by a digital coherent system including an optical transmission device and an optical reception device, the processes comprising:

converting a tap coefficient of a digital filter included in the optical reception device into a signal in a frequency domain by digital Fourier transform, calculating a ratio of a linearly transformed amount after the conversion into the signal in a frequency domain, and estimating a physical quantity related to at least a response between the optical transmission device and the optical reception device based on amplitude and phase information of the calculated ratio of the linearly transformed amount.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072997/0354 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2024
From: MINOGUCHI, KYO; NAKAMURA, MASANORI; OKAMOTO, SEIJI; KISAKA, YOSHIAKI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067641/0207 →