Signal processing method, signal processing apparatus and communication system
A receiver convolutes each of a real component and an imaginary component of each polarization of a polarization-multiplexed reception signal with an impulse response for compensating for frequency characteristics of the receiver and a complex impulse response for wavelength dispersion compensation, and generates, as input signals, the convoluted real component and imaginary component of each polarization and phase conjugations thereof, for each polarization. The receiver generates, for each polarization, a first addition signal obtained by multiplying each of the real component and the imaginary component of each polarization by a complex impulse response, thereafter adding together the multiplied real component and imaginary component, and applying a phase rotation for frequency offset compensation to the added components, and a second addition signal obtained by multiplying each of the phase conjugation of the real component of and the phase conjugation of the imaginary component of each polarization by a complex impulse response, thereafter adding together the multiplied phase conjugations, and applying a phase rotation opposite to the phase rotation for frequency offset compensation to the added phase conjugations, and adds or subtracts a transmission data bias correction signal to or from a signal obtained by adding together the generated first addition signal and second addition signal.
1. A signal processing method comprising: a first compensation step of convoluting each of a real component and an imaginary component of each polarization of a polarization-multiplexed reception signal with an impulse response for compensating for frequency characteristics of a receiver and a complex impulse response for wavelength dispersion compensation; an input signal generation step of generating, as input signals, the convoluted real component and imaginary component of each polarization, and phase conjugations of the convoluted real component and imaginary component of each polarization, for each polarization; an equalization step of generating, for each polarization, a first addition signal obtained by multiplying each of the real component and the imaginary component of each polarization included in the input signals by a complex impulse response, thereafter adding together the multiplied real component and imaginary component, and further applying a phase rotation for frequency offset compensation to the added components, and a second addition signal obtained by multiplying each of the phase conjugation of the real component of and the phase conjugation of the imaginary component of each polarization included in the input signals by a complex impulse response, thereafter adding together the multiplied phase conjugations, and further applying a phase rotation opposite to the phase rotation for frequency offset compensation to the added phase conjugations; and a second compensation step of adding or subtracting a transmission data bias correction signal to or from a signal obtained by adding together the first addition signal and the second addition signal, for each polarization.
2. The signal processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver receives the polarization-multiplexed reception signal using an optical signal.
3. A signal processing method comprising: a first compensation step of convoluting each of a real component and an imaginary component of each polarization included in N (N is an integer of 2 or more) polarization-multiplexed reception signals that are spatially multiplexed with an impulse response for compensating for frequency characteristics of a receiver and a complex impulse response for wavelength dispersion compensation; an input signal generation step of generating, as input signals, the convoluted real component and imaginary component of each polarization of each of the N polarization-multiplexed reception signals, and phase conjugations of the convoluted real component and imaginary component of each polarization of each of the N polarization-multiplexed reception signals, for each polarization of each of the N polarization-multiplexed reception signals; an equalization step of performing, for each polarization of each of the N polarization-multiplexed reception signals, processing for generating a first addition signal obtained by multiplying each of the real component and the imaginary component of each polarization included in the input signals of the polarization by a complex impulse response, thereafter adding together the multiplied real component and imaginary component, and further applying a phase rotation for frequency offset compensation to the added components, and performing, for each polarization of each of the N polarization-multiplexed reception signals, processing for generating a second addition signal obtained by multiplying each of the phase conjugation of the real component and the phase conjugation of the imaginary component of each polarization included in the input signals of the polarization by a complex impulse response, thereafter adding together the multiplied phase conjugations, and further applying a phase rotation opposite to the phase conjugation for frequency offset compensation to the added phase conjugations; and a second compensation step of adding or subtracting, for each polarization of each of the N polarization-multiplexed reception signals, a transmission data bias correction signal to or from a signal obtained by adding together the first addition signal and the second addition signal that are generated for the polarization.
4. The signal processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the complex impulse response is dynamically updated, and in the second compensation step, the transmission data bias correction signal is adaptively added or subtracted.
5. A signal processing device comprising:
a processor; and
a storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, when executed by the processor, perform to:
convoluting each of a real component and an imaginary component of each polarization of a polarization-multiplexed reception signal with an impulse response for compensating for frequency characteristics of a receiver and a complex impulse response for wavelength dispersion compensation; generating, as input signals, the convoluted real component and imaginary component of each polarization, and phase conjugations of the convoluted real component and imaginary component of each polarization, for each polarization; generating, for each polarization, a first addition signal obtained by multiplying each of the real component and the imaginary component of each polarization included in the input signals by a complex impulse response, thereafter adding together the multiplied real component and imaginary component, and further applying a phase rotation for frequency offset compensation to the added components, and a second addition signal obtained by multiplying each of the phase conjugation of the real component of and the phase conjugation of the imaginary component of each polarization included in the input signals by a complex impulse response, thereafter adding together the multiplied phase conjugations, and further applying a phase rotation opposite to the phase rotation for frequency offset compensation to the added phase conjugations; and adding or subtracting a transmission data bias correction signal to or from a signal obtained by adding together the first addition signal and the second addition signal, for each polarization.
6. A communication system comprising: a transmitter; and a receiver having the signal processing device according to claim 5 .