JP2010268390A - Optical transmitter, optical receiver, and transmitting/receiving-mode switching method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical transmitting system for improving quality of data transmission by switching a mode of an initial setting in a transmitter/receiver to estimate a state of an optical signal using a known signal, and a mode of data transmission. <P>SOLUTION: An optical transmitter transmits the optical signal to an optical receiver through an optical transmitting channel. The optical transmitter is equipped with: a known-signal generator to generate the known signal having a known pattern; a transmitting-mode switching switch to switch between a known-signal transmitting mode for transmitting only the known signal, and a data-transmitting mode for transmitting a frame comprising a payload and the known pattern; a transmitting-mode controller to control switching to a mode-switching switch on the basis of a received transmitting-mode controlling signal; and a signal transmitter to convert either the known signal or the data signal to the optical signal for transmitting it, in accordance with the known-signal transmitting mode or the data-transmitting mode. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an optical transmitter, an optical receiver, and a transmission / reception mode switching method in an optical transmission system.

  In conventional direct detection optical transmission, optical signal compensators such as dispersion compensation fibers and analog electrical equalizers are used for signal quality degradation factors in transmission lines such as chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion. Signal quality degradation has been reduced. In recent years, a coherent transmission system using digital signal processing has been actively studied. Compared with the direct detection method, the receiver sensitivity can be increased, and digital signal processing in the receiver can accurately equalize waveform distortion such as chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion. In this case, polarization mode dispersion, which is difficult to compensate and significantly limits the transmission distance of high-speed optical signals, can be compensated, and the transmission distance of 100 Gb / s / ch class optical signals has been dramatically extended. The digital coherent system represented by Non-Patent Documents 1 to 3 compensates for quasi-static chromatic dispersion with a fixed digital filter (with a dispersion of 20000 ps / nm and a tap number of 2048 tap for a 28 Gbaud signal), and there is fluctuation. A method is adopted in which the polarization mode dispersion is compensated with an adaptive filter having a small number of taps (about 10 to 12 taps with a polarization mode dispersion of 50 ps) using a blind algorithm.

C.S.R.Flugder, OFC2007, PDP22 H. masuda, et. Al, OFC2009, PDPB5 Jianjun Yu, et.al., ECOC2008, Th.3.2.E

  However, the above-described method has a problem that the chromatic dispersion is separately measured in advance, and the tap coefficient must be manually input to the fixed digital filter in each wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) channel receiver. Further, if the number of taps of the adaptive filter by the blind algorithm is increased to adaptively compensate for the total chromatic dispersion, the convergence is significantly deteriorated. The coherent transmission methods represented by Non-Patent Documents 1 to 3 use polarization multiplexing technology to reduce the Baud rate, and perform polarization separation with an adaptive filter based on a blind algorithm at the receiver. However, the polarization separation by the blind algorithm has a problem that the output of the X and Y polarizations becomes the same polarization. As described above, the conventional digital coherent system using the blind algorithm has a problem that the convergence property of adaptive channel state estimation is poor.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and in an optical transmission system, switching between a mode for initial setting of a transceiver that estimates a state of an optical signal using a known signal and a mode for transferring data is performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical transmitter, an optical receiver, and a transmission / reception mode switching method that can perform transmission quality improvement.

  The present invention is an optical transmitter that transmits an optical signal toward an optical receiver via an optical transmission line, and transmits a known signal generator that generates a known signal having a known pattern, and transmits only the known signal. A transmission mode switching switch for switching a known signal transmission mode, a data transmission mode for transmitting a frame composed of a payload and a known pattern, and a transmission mode control unit for controlling switching to the mode switching switch based on the received transmission mode control signal And a signal transmission unit that converts either the known signal or the data signal into an optical signal and transmits the optical signal according to the known signal transmission mode or the data transmission mode.

  The present invention is characterized in that the transmission mode control signal is received via an optical transmission line different from the optical transmission line for transmitting an optical signal.

  The present invention is characterized in that the transmission mode control signal is received via an optical monitoring channel.

  The present invention is an optical receiver that receives an optical signal transmitted from an optical transmitter via an optical transmission line, and that receives the optical signal from the optical transmitter and converts it into an electrical signal. A signal demodulator that demodulates a received signal from a known signal converted into an electrical signal, estimates and outputs a state parameter of the received signal, and a known signal having the same pattern as the known pattern of the received known signal A known signal generator for generating a code error rate based on the signal output from the signal demodulator and the known signal output from the known signal generator, and the code error And a mode determining unit that determines a processing state of the signal demodulating unit based on a code error rate output from the rate calculating unit and outputs a signal indicating the processing state.

  In the present invention, the signal demodulation unit outputs a state parameter including a frequency offset amount, a mean square error, a residual chromatic dispersion, and a residual frequency offset amount, and the mode determination unit outputs a state parameter output from the signal demodulation unit. To determine the processing state of the signal demodulator.

  According to the present invention, the signal indicating the processing state of the signal demodulator output from the mode determination unit is any of a signal indicating that the state parameter is being estimated, a signal indicating that the state parameter is being estimated, and a signal indicating that the state parameter is not being estimated. It is characterized by.

  The present invention is characterized in that the mode determination unit determines that the state estimation is completed when the code error rate becomes a certain value or less.

  The present invention is characterized in that the mode determination unit determines that the state estimation is completed when the state parameters output from the signal demodulation unit converge.

  The present invention is an optical transmitter that transmits an optical signal toward an optical receiver via an optical transmission line, and transmits a known signal generator that generates a known signal having a known pattern, and transmits only the known signal. A known signal transmission mode, a transmission mode switching switch for switching a data transmission mode for transmitting a frame composed of a payload and a known pattern, and the transmission mode switching switch after a predetermined time has passed in a known signal transmission mode for transmitting only a known signal. A timed transmission mode control unit that switches to the data transmission mode; and a signal transmission unit that converts either the known signal or the data signal into an optical signal and transmits the optical signal according to the known signal transmission mode or the data transmission mode. It is characterized by that.

  The present invention relates to a transmission mode switching for switching between a known signal generation unit for generating a known signal having a known pattern, a known signal transmission mode for transmitting only the known signal, and a data transmission mode for transmitting a frame including a payload and a known pattern. And an optical transmitter that transmits an optical signal toward an optical receiver via an optical transmission path, and an optical receiver that receives the optical signal transmitted from the optical transmitter via the optical transmission path. A transmission / reception mode switching method in an optical transmission system comprising a receiver, wherein the optical receiver demodulates a received signal from a known signal of the received signal, and estimates and outputs a state parameter of the received signal A known signal generating step in which the optical receiver generates a known signal having the same pattern as a known pattern of the received known signal; and A signal error rate calculating step of calculating a code error rate based on the signal output by the signal demodulation step and the known signal output by the known signal generation step; and the optical receiver, A mode determination step of determining a processing state of the signal demodulation step based on the code error rate output by the code error rate calculation step, and transmitting a signal indicating the processing state to the optical transmitter; and A transmission mode control step for controlling switching to the mode changeover switch based on the received signal indicating the state of the optical receiver, and the optical transmitter is configured to transmit a known signal according to the known signal transmission mode or the data transmission mode. Or a signal transmission step of converting any one of the data signals into an optical signal and transmitting the optical signal.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve transmission quality by switching between a mode for initial setting of a transceiver for estimating the state of an optical signal using a known signal and a mode for transferring data. An effect is obtained.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the optical transmission system in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the known signal frame in the transmission system shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the demodulator 22 of the receiver 2 shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode determination reference | standard in the transmission system shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the demodulator 22 of the receiver 2 in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the optical transmission system in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the optical transmission system in the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the known signal frame in the transmission system shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the receiver in the transmission system shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the transmitter in the transmission system shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, an optical transmission system including an optical transmitter and an optical receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment. In the initial state, the transmitter 1 is set to an initial setting mode in which a known signal is transmitted from the known signal generator 11. The receiver 2 is also set to an initial setting mode in which a known signal is detected and a channel is estimated. As will be described later, in the initial setting mode, the state of the optical transmission lines 3 and 4, the transmitter 1 and the receiver 2 is estimated and the equalization weight in the receiver 2 is optimized by transmitting and receiving known signals. Here, it is assumed that the known signal pattern shown in FIG. 2 is transmitted as the known signal by the transmitter 1 using BPSK modulation. For example, the known signal (a) shown in FIG. 2 is used for state estimation such as chromatic dispersion of the transmission line, and the known signal (b) is used for estimating a temporally varying factor such as polarization mode dispersion. It is. Note that the patterns of the known signals (a) and (b) are not limited to the patterns shown in FIG. This BPSK modulation can be generated if an IQ modulator is used as an optical modulator in the E / O converter (electrical-optical converter) 13 of the transmitter 1 and signals of the same series are input to both Ich and Qch. It is. The known signal modulated into light by the E / O converter 13 is input to the O / E converter (optical-electrical converter) 21 of the receiver 2 through the optical transmission path 3 and converted into an electrical signal, and the electrical signal is The received known signal converted into a signal is input to the demodulator 22.

  Here, the configuration of the demodulator 22 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the received signal is input via the automatic frequency control circuit 221, and the first equalization weight calculation circuit 227 estimates the state of the initial propagation path from the known signal sequence (a) and sets the equalization weight. The calculation result is output to the first equalization circuit 222 and the distortion of the signal having a large temporal spread such as chromatic dispersion is compensated. Thereafter, with respect to the state of the transmission path that varies with time, such as polarization mode dispersion and frequency offset, the second equalization weight calculation circuit 225 uses the known signal sequence (b) inserted periodically. The equalization weight is calculated, the weight is periodically updated, the signal is equalized and compensated in the second equalization circuit 223, and the signal is determined in the determination circuit 224.

  Here, for example, when estimating a transmission path state with a symbol rate of 28 Gbaud, a chromatic dispersion amount D = 20000 ps / nm, a center wavelength λ = 1550 nm, and a polarization mode dispersion Tpmd = 50 ps, the known signal (a) which is a BPSK signal is The known signal (b) which is 4.534 ns or more and is a BPSK signal may be set to 50 ps or more. Therefore, a known signal (a) which is a longer BPSK signal is inserted in the initial setting mode, and a known signal (b) which is a BPSK signal having a shorter sequence length periodically in the data transfer mode in which payload data is transmitted. Is inserted into the data frame, the receiving side has a sequence length sufficient for estimating the state of the optical transmission line, so that a decrease in transmission efficiency due to insertion of a known signal can be suppressed. Note that the change in the state of the propagation path in units of long time due to a temperature change or the like is not a short time, but the equalization weight calculation result in the second equalization weight calculation circuit 225 is input to the averaging filter 226 as an input value. Then, the averaged value can be output to the first equalization weight calculation circuit 227, and the equalization weight value calculated by the original first equalization weight calculation circuit 227 can be updated. The averaging filter 226 averages using a conventional averaging filter such as an average value of equalization weights calculated using a series of past known signals (b) or an average using a forgetting factor. do it.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the signal output from the demodulator 22 is input to the BER (code error rate) calculation unit 23, synchronized with the known pattern output from the known signal generation unit 25, and the code error rate is increased. Calculated. The calculated code error rate is output to the mode determination unit 24. The mode determination unit 24 determines the state estimation phase such as the convergence of the equalization weight of the equalizer in the receiver 2 according to the prescribed range criterion of FIG. The state estimation phase is transmitted to the transmitter 1. The transmission of information in this phase may be performed via an optical supervisory channel (OSC).

  Next, the transmission mode control unit 14 in the transmitter 1 controls the transmission mode changeover switch 12 in the transmitter 1 from the phase information of the state estimation received from the receiver 2, and the state estimation of the receiver 2 has converged. Start sending payloads.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 4, the criterion for determining the code error rate will be described. The phase of the estimation state of the receiver 2 is determined by periodically comparing the code error rate with the threshold after a certain time has elapsed from the start of transmission of the known signal, as shown in (a) of FIG. If it is an area, it can be considered that state estimation has failed, if it is the area (b), state estimation is in progress, and if it is the area (c), state estimation has been completed. When the code error rate (BER) is in the region (b) within the specified time, the state estimation is continued. When the specified time is exceeded or the code error rate (BER) converges in the area (b), it is regarded as a state estimation failure.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 4B, if the phase of the receiver 2 is in a state estimation failure at the determination time, the receiver 2 resets the equalizer weight and sets the convergence parameter such as the step size of the adaptive equalizer. The state estimation is started again, for example, by changing. At this time, the transmission mode control unit 14 of the transmitter 1 has received the phase information indicating the convergence failure, and continues to transmit the known signal. Furthermore, if the short known signal (b) shown in FIG. 2 is inserted as a payload header at regular intervals after switching to the data transfer mode, even if the state of the optical transmission path changes suddenly due to disturbance, reception is possible. It is possible to modify the equalization weight of the equalizer of the unit 2.

  In addition, when the number of errors decreases, the code error rate must be observed for a long time in order to measure a highly accurate error rate. In order to keep the observation time short, the current code error rate is sent to the transmitter 1 via the optical monitoring channel together with the phase information of the receiver 2, and at the time of optical modulation so that the number of errors increases on the transmitter 1 side. The multi-value number of may be increased.

  In this embodiment, the case where the transmitter 1 and the receiver 2 are switched from the initial setting mode for transmitting a known signal to the data transfer mode for transmitting data by exchanging phase information for state estimation has been described. 2 may be received by a device other than the transmitter 1 and the receiver 2 such as a network control / monitoring device, and the mode of the transmitter 1 and the receiver 2 may be switched by an external device.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, the configuration of the demodulator 22 in the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the demodulator 22 included in the receiver 2 illustrated in FIG. The configuration of the demodulator 22 shown in FIG. 5 is different from the configuration shown in FIG. 3 in that a corrected frequency offset amount is output from the automatic frequency control circuit 221a to the mode determination unit 24, and second equalization. The point is that the error function of the adaptive filter and the residual chromatic dispersion / residual frequency offset amount are output from the weight calculation circuit 225a to the mode determination unit 24. Further, the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the mode determination unit 24 uses the parameter from the demodulator 22 as a reference for determining the state estimation phase.

The code error rate is a useful parameter that represents the signal state. However, when the error rate decreases, it is necessary to increase the measurement time. Therefore, it is desirable to use it together with other parameters. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the LMS (Least Mean Square) algorithm is used as the convergence algorithm of the equalizer weight calculation circuit, the square error ε ² of the received signal equalized with the known signal is determined as the state estimation phase. Used as one of the parameters. Based on the value of the square error ε ² , the mode determination unit 24 detects the estimation state of the equalization weight of the second equalization circuit 223. Further, since the residual frequency offset that could not be corrected by the automatic frequency control circuit 221a is found from the difference in weight update of the second equalization circuit 223, this is also used as a parameter for mode determination. Also, according to the literature (Ling Liu, et. Al, OFC2009, JWA36, 2009), the chromatic dispersion remaining in the signal can be obtained from the update difference of the equalization weight of the second equalizer, which is also the mode determination. It can also be used as a parameter.

  If the above-described plurality of parameters are combined and used as a mode determination reference in the mode determination unit 24, the accuracy of signal state estimation can be improved. Also in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, these determination parameters are only output to the outside, and an external device such as a network control / monitoring device may switch the transmission / reception mode. Although not shown, when the optical signal to be transmitted is a polarization multiplexed signal, the mode can be determined in the same procedure if a pseudo-random signal having a different generator polynomial is used for each polarization as a known signal. Since PN sequences with different generator polynomials have a very small correlation, it is possible to determine whether the equalization weight of the second equalization circuit 223 has converged to an incorrect value by measuring the code error rate for each polarization component. Can be confirmed.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, an optical transmission system according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this figure, the same parts as those in the optical transmission system shown in FIG. The optical transmission system shown in FIG. 6 is different from the optical transmission system shown in FIG. 1 in that timed mode switching is used. In the present embodiment, the demodulator 22 in the receiver 2 has the configuration shown in FIG. For example, when the equalization weight in the demodulator 22 is updated by the LMS algorithm, the step size μ is described in the literature (“Kalman filter and adaptive signal processing” written by Tanibe, Corona, pp.155-pp.160). It is the convergence condition of the algorithm that it is in such a range. Further, in the LMS algorithm, the convergence time of the equalization weight is determined by the step size μ. That is, if the known μ satisfying the convergence condition is used in the optical transmission system without informing the transmitter 1 side of the convergence of the equalization weight by the known signal from the receiver 2 side, the timed transmission mode control unit 15 However, the transmission mode changeover switch 12 of the transmitter 1 can be changed to the data transfer mode in a timely manner.

  Although not shown, in the first to third embodiments, a known signal to be transmitted may be a signal that conforms to an OTN (Optical Transport Network) frame format. For example, when the current transfer mode state is inserted into the reserved bits of the frame defined by OTN and a known signal is inserted into the payload portion of OTN, state estimation determination based on the parameters of receiver 2 and OTN frame processing It becomes possible to grasp the transfer mode.

<Fourth Embodiment>
Next, an optical transmission system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the transmitter 1 and the receiver 2 when a new link is established between the node P and the node Q. The node P includes a transmitter 1A and a receiver 2B, and the node Q includes a receiver 2A and a transmitter 1B. In FIG. 7, the same parts as those in the optical transmission system shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals with the suffix A or B, and the description thereof is omitted.

  The format of a known signal used between apparatuses is defined as an initial setting format shown in FIG. 8A and a data transfer format shown in FIG. 8B. In the node P and the node Q, two optical transmission lines 3 and 4 are allocated so that bidirectional communication is possible. Furthermore, the demodulators 22B and 22A in the node P and the node Q have the configuration shown in FIG.

  Next, an operation for establishing a link between the nodes P and Q when the optical transmission system shown in FIG. 7 starts connection will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing operations of the receivers 2A and 2B shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the transmitters 1A and 1B shown in FIG.

  First, the known frame for the initial setting mode shown in FIG. 8A continues to be transmitted between the transceivers. The demodulators 22A and 22B in the nodes P and Q detect the known signal A and establish frame synchronization (steps S1 and S2). After synchronization is established, the demodulator 22 starts training (step S3). For example, if the known signal A uses an alternating signal by BPSK modulation such as “1010101...” (A signal that switches between 0 and 1 for each cycle), the transmitted signal includes two or more specific frequency components. In addition, it is possible to correct the frequency offset in the clock extraction and the automatic frequency control circuit 221a. Furthermore, since it has two or more frequency components, the chromatic dispersion can be estimated by calculating the difference between the group velocities by the first equalization weight calculation circuit 227. The first equalization circuit 222 compensates for chromatic dispersion based on the estimation information.

  Next, in the second equalization circuit 223, for example, if a PN sequence having a different generation polynomial is used as the known signal B of each polarization of the polarization multiplexed signal, PMD compensation, separation of the polarization multiplexed signal, Residual chromatic dispersion and frequency offset can be compensated. Since each PN sequence has a very small correlation, it is confirmed whether the equalization weight of the second equalization circuit 223 has converged to an incorrect value by measuring the code error rate for each polarization component. be able to.

Next, when the code error rate becomes measurable, the convergence of the weight of the equalization circuit is waited until the code error rate (BER) of each of the X and Y polarizations is equal to or less than a specified value (step S4). . When the code error rate becomes equal to or lower than the specified value, the residual frequency offset and the residual chromatic dispersion that can be calculated by the second equalization weight calculation circuit 225a are monitored, and the known signal is output until these values are equal to or lower than the specified value. The calculation of equalization weight by B is continued (steps S5 and S6). When these two parameters become less than the prescribed values, for example, when the LMS algorithm is used in the second equalization circuit 223, the mean square error ε ² is monitored to confirm that it converges to a predetermined range (step S7). .

Next, in the demodulator 22A (or 22B), when all the parameters (X, Y polarization code error rate, residual frequency offset, residual chromatic dispersion, and mean square error ε ² ) are equal to or less than the prescribed values. The information bit string detection circuit 25A (or 25B) in the receiver 2A (or 2B) adds the status information of the receiver 2A (or 2B) and the transmission mode change flag to the estimated information bit string of the known signal format (A). Stand up (step S8). In the receiver 2A (or 2B), the weight update of the first equalization circuit 222 that compensates for quasi-static chromatic dispersion is stopped, and the weight update of the second equalization circuit 223 is switched to the decision feedback type (step S9). ).

  On the other hand, the transmitter 1A (or 1B) constantly monitors the flag read by the information bit string insertion circuit 15A (or 15B), and the receiver on the opposite side that has received the transmission mode change flag transmits the transmission mode of the transmitter in the node. A mode switching request is passed to the control unit, and the transmitter switches the transmission mode to the data transfer mode. At this time, the frame format shown in FIG. 8B may be used. By periodically inserting a known signal, the accuracy of the weight of the second equalization circuit 223 of the receiver 2 can be improved. Further, by detecting that the known signal C has been transmitted on the receiver 2 side, it is possible to know that the mode of the transmitter 1 has been switched, and only when the known signal C is detected, it is not a decision feedback but a known feedback. The equalization weight training may be performed using the signal C. The link is considered to be established when the data transfer mode is switched to the bidirectional optical transmission line. After the link is established, the equalization circuit is periodically trained based on the known signal C to improve the transmission quality. In the present embodiment, various parameters of the receiver 2 can be inserted into the information bit string. For example, when the residual chromatic dispersion does not converge below a predetermined value, the transmitter 1 changes the length of the known signal A. It is also possible to improve the accuracy of chromatic dispersion compensation by the first equalization circuit 222 using a long known signal A ′.

  In this embodiment, the frame structure and the known signal patterns A, B, and C shown in FIG. 8 are defined as different signals. However, the optimum sequences differ depending on the assumed optical transmission path and the modulation format to be used. It is not limited to the frame structure and signal sequence used in the embodiment.

  As described above, when a BPSK signal known between the transmitter and the receiver is time-multiplexed at the beginning or end of the transmission signal frame and transmitted and received, the transmission signal frame is established until the link is established and after the link is established. By changing the ratio of known signals in, it is possible to estimate chromatic dispersion from known signals with long transmission times when establishing a link, and periodically insert known signals with short transmission times after establishing the link. Thus, it is possible to obtain an optimum equalization circuit for a factor that varies with time, such as polarization mode dispersion, without significantly increasing the bit rate. For this reason, it is not necessary to manually input a tap coefficient to the fixed digital filter for each receiver of the wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) channel, and the convergence is significantly deteriorated if all wavelength dispersion is adaptively compensated. Can be solved.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to a transmitter / receiver and a transmission system that perform communication based on a highly accurate estimation of a transmission path using a known signal in a coherent optical transmission system.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Transmitter, 11 ... Known signal generation part, 12 ... Transmission mode changeover switch, 13 ... E / O converter, 14 ... Transmission mode control part, 2 ... Receiver 21 ... O / E converter, 22 ... demodulator, 23 ... BER calculation unit, 24 ... mode determination unit, 25 ... known signal generation unit, 3, 4 ... light Transmission line

Claims (10)

An optical transmitter that transmits an optical signal to an optical receiver via an optical transmission line,
A known signal generator for generating a known signal having a known pattern;
A known signal transmission mode for transmitting only the known signal, a transmission mode switching switch for switching a data transmission mode for transmitting a frame composed of a payload and a known pattern,
A transmission mode control unit that controls switching to the mode changeover switch based on the received transmission mode control signal;
An optical transmitter comprising: a signal transmission unit that converts either a known signal or a data signal into an optical signal and transmits the optical signal according to the known signal transmission mode or the data transmission mode.   2. The optical transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the transmission mode control signal is received via an optical transmission path different from the optical transmission path for transmitting an optical signal.   The optical transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the transmission mode control signal is received through an optical monitoring channel. An optical receiver that receives an optical signal transmitted from an optical transmitter via an optical transmission line,
A signal receiver that receives the optical signal from the optical transmitter and converts it into an electrical signal;
A signal demodulator that demodulates a received signal from a known signal of the signal converted into an electrical signal, and estimates and outputs a state parameter of the received signal;
A known signal generator for generating a known signal having the same pattern as the known pattern of the received known signal;
A code error rate calculation unit that calculates a code error rate based on the signal output from the signal demodulation unit and the known signal output from the known signal generation unit;
An optical receiver comprising: a mode determining unit that determines a processing state of the signal demodulating unit based on a code error rate output from the code error rate calculating unit and outputs a signal indicating the processing state. The signal demodulator outputs a state parameter including a frequency offset amount, a mean square error, a residual chromatic dispersion, and a residual frequency offset amount,
The optical receiver according to claim 4, wherein the mode determination unit determines a processing state of the signal demodulation unit based on a state parameter output from the signal demodulation unit.   The signal indicating the processing state of the signal demodulating unit output from the mode determining unit is one of a signal indicating that the state parameter is being estimated, a signal indicating that the state parameter estimation has been completed, and a signal indicating that the state parameter is not estimated. The optical receiver according to claim 4 or 5.   The optical receiver according to claim 4, wherein the mode determination unit determines that the state estimation is completed when the code error rate is equal to or less than a certain value.   6. The optical receiver according to claim 5, wherein the mode determination unit determines that the state estimation is completed when the state parameter output from the signal demodulation unit converges. An optical transmitter that transmits an optical signal to an optical receiver via an optical transmission line,
A known signal generator for generating a known signal having a known pattern;
A known signal transmission mode for transmitting only the known signal, a transmission mode switching switch for switching a data transmission mode for transmitting a frame composed of a payload and a known pattern,
A timed transmission mode control unit that switches the transmission mode changeover switch to the data transmission mode after a predetermined time has elapsed in a known signal transmission mode for transmitting only a known signal;
An optical transmitter comprising: a signal transmission unit that converts either a known signal or a data signal into an optical signal and transmits the optical signal according to the known signal transmission mode or the data transmission mode. A known signal generation unit that generates a known signal having a known pattern, a known signal transmission mode that transmits only the known signal, and a transmission mode switching switch that switches a data transmission mode that transmits a frame including a payload and a known pattern. An optical transmitter that transmits an optical signal to an optical receiver via an optical transmission path; and an optical receiver that receives an optical signal transmitted from the optical transmitter via the optical transmission path. A transmission / reception mode switching method in an optical transmission system comprising:
A signal demodulating step in which the optical receiver demodulates a received signal from a known signal of the received signal and estimates and outputs a state parameter of the received signal;
A known signal generating step in which the optical receiver generates a known signal having the same pattern as the known pattern of the received known signal;
A code error rate calculating step in which the optical receiver calculates a code error rate based on the signal output in the signal demodulation step and the known signal output in the known signal generation step;
A mode determination step in which the optical receiver determines a processing state of the signal demodulation step based on the code error rate output in the code error rate calculation step, and transmits a signal indicating the processing state to the optical transmitter. When,
A transmission mode control step in which the optical transmitter controls switching to the mode change switch based on a signal indicating the status of the received optical receiver;
The optical transmitter has a signal transmission step of converting either a known signal or a data signal into an optical signal according to the known signal transmission mode or data transmission mode, and transmitting the optical signal. Method.

Images