Patent Grant
11082133
This application is a 371 U.S. National Phase of International Application No. PCT/JP2019/010150, filed on Mar. 13, 2019, which claims priority to Japanese Application No. 2018-049089 filed on Mar. 16, 2018. The entire disclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to an optical modulation/demodulation method, an optical communication system, an optical transmitting device, and an optical receiving device that multiplex signals having different bit rates.
High-speed Internet services using Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) have become essential tools for daily life. Particularly, in recent years, requirements for accelerated networks have further increased in accordance with widespread use of clouds and an increase in use of mobile terminals. In particular, technologies for acceleration of core/metropolitan networks, optical transmission of 138 Tbits/s over 650 km for 120 wavelengths (wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) signals) using six modes, two orthogonal polarized states, and modulation of 16 orthogonal phases/amplitudes has been reported to be successful in NPL 1. In NPL 2, transmission of 1 Pbits/s and 205.6 km for 46 WDM signals using 32 multi-core fibers, two orthogonal polarized states, and modulation of 16 orthogonal phases/amplitudes has been reported. In this way, the recent trend of technologies for acceleration in core/metro networks is characterized by a method that achieves a high speed by using a frequency (wavelength), polarization, a phase, which are physical quantities of light, and mode states of light and forming a multi-core optical fiber for a medium.
On the other hand, for an access network from a communication company accommodation station to a subscriber's home, in order to house subscribers extending in a plane efficiently and economically, a time division multiplexing passive optical network (TDM-PON) systems in which fibers and devices are shared by multiplexing a termination device (an optical line terminal (OLT)) installed in an accommodation station of a communication company and a subscriber device (an optical network unit (ONU)) installed in a subscriber's home on a time axis using optical multiplexing/splitting devices such as an optical splitter and the like are mainly used. For accelerating a TDM-based PON system, although one gigabit-Ethernet PON (G-EPON) of 1 Gbit/s is currently being used in this country, reviews of 10 G-EPON realizing a 10 times more throughput and, currently, ultra high speed PON systems of classes of 40 Gbits/s and 100 Gbits/s extending the band according to a combination with WDM have been actively discussed in standardization organizations such as the IEEE and ITU-T and international conferences. In addition, in recent years, in view of the background in which not only network acceleration but also a wide variety of applications and services such as the Internet of Things (IOT), high definition video delivery services, video uploading, and the like have become widespread and are being widely used, there has been a trend of increasing research and developments in PONs that economically implement multiple services by optimally combining a time axis and a wavelength axis, as described in NPLs 1, 3 and 4.
PTL 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. JP 05-206985 A
While “economy” is emphasized in access networks as described above, modulation/demodulation technologies using a phase and a polarized state used in core/metro networks requires high-priced optical transmitters and optical receivers. Thus, a direct detection system in which intensity modulation of performing modulation by turning on/off an amplitude component of light is used, and light is received using a photo-diode (PD) having a band matching a modulation speed thereof is mainly employed.
In addition, in order to economically realize multiple services in a PON system, a bit rate or a band that is optimal is expected to be different for each service or application. Thus, a method of multiplexing on a time axis or a method of multiplexing on a wavelength axis by performing intensity modulation for each bit rate is generally used.
In the TDM system illustrated in
On the other hand, in the WDM system illustrated in
Although PTLs 1, 3, and 4 propose methods for realizing multiple services using a hybrid system of the TDM and the WDM, when the number of used wavelengths, in other words, the number of transmitters is M (here, M is an integer, and M<N), a band occupied by a specific service becomes M/N, and the cost of the transmitters becomes M times as large as that of the case illustrated in
In order to solve the problems described above, an object of the present invention is to provide an optical modulation/demodulation method, an optical communication system, an optical transmitting device, and an optical receiving device capable of inhibiting an increase in the cost and a decrease in the band at the time of multiplexing services.
In order to achieve the objects described above, an optical modulation/demodulation method according to an embodiment of the present invention economically realizes multiple services of a band occupying type by employing a simple configuration using one transmitter under a condition that bit rates of a plurality of services having different bit rates are integer multiples.
More specifically, an optical transmitting device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a modulator that sums a plurality of binary signals having bit rates that are twice or more integer multiples of a bit rate of a low-speed side and having frequencies synchronized with each other with each amplitude further decreasing as the corresponding bit rate becomes higher, and generates a modulation signal representing a combination of bits of the plurality of binary signals as an amplitude value, and an optical transmitter that transmits an optical signal amplitude-modulated using the modulation signal generated by the modulator.
An optical transmitting device sums a plurality of binary signals that have bit rates having such relation that the bit rate of any higher speed side is twice or more integer multiples of a bit rate of any lower speed side, having smaller amplitude as the corresponding bit rate becomes higher and having matched rise and fall timings, and generates a multi-level signal, and modulates light from one light source. In other words, generating a multi-level signal as a modulation signal enables a plurality of services to be multiplexed by one transmitter. Thus, the present invention can provide an optical transmitting device capable of inhibiting an increase in the cost and a decrease in the band at the time of multiplexing services.
In addition, an optical receiving device according to an aspect of the present invention includes:
This optical receiving device sets a plurality of thresholds that can be used for identifying all the amplitude values of a multi-level signal for an optical signal that has been service-multiplexed by the optical transmitting device described above and compares the amplitude of the multi-level signal acquired by performing photoelectric conversion of the received optical signal with the plurality of thresholds. The optical receiving device determines bits of the multiplexed binary signal on the basis of a result of the comparison. Thus, the present invention can provide an optical receiving device capable of inhibiting an increase in the cost and a decrease in the band at the time of multiplexing services.
Another optical receiving device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an optical receiver that performs photoelectric conversion of an optical signal amplitude-modulated using a modulation signal representing a combination of bits of a plurality of binary signals as an amplitude value by summing a plurality of binary signals having bit rates that are twice or more integer multiples of a bit rate of a low-speed side and having frequencies synchronized with each other with each amplitude further decreasing as the corresponding bit rate becomes higher, and generates a reception signal corresponding to a modulation signal, and a frequency splitter that generates a low-speed side signal by transmitting a low-speed side of the reception signal through a low pass filter, and separates the plurality of binary signals from the reception signal by subtracting the low-speed side signal from the reception signal.
This optical receiving device extracts multiplexed binary signals by performing calculation using an analog circuit without using thresholds. Thus, the present invention can provide an optical receiving device capable of inhibiting an increase in the cost and a decrease in the band at the time of multiplexing services.
By using the optical transmitting device and the optical receiving device according to the present invention, a modulation/demodulation system economically, for a plurality of services having different bit rates, realizing multiple services of a band occupying type by employing a simple configuration using one transmitter under a condition that the bit rates are integer multiples and a PON system using the modulation/demodulation system described above can be provided.
In other words, an optical modulation/demodulation method according to an aspect of the present invention includes a transmitting step of summing the plurality of binary signals having bit rates that are twice or more integer multiples of a bit rate of a low-speed side and having frequencies synchronized with each other with each amplitude further decreasing as the corresponding bit rate becomes higher, generating a modulation signal representing a combination of bits of the plurality of binary signals as an amplitude value, and transmitting an optical signal amplitude-modulated using the modulation signal; and a receiving step of performing photoelectric conversion of the optical signal transmitted in the transmitting step, generating a reception signal corresponding to the modulation signal, determining the combination of the bits of the plurality of binary signals by identifying all the amplitude values included in the reception signal using thresholds smaller than the number of the combinations of the bits of the plurality of binary signals by one, and identifying the bits of the plurality of binary signals summed.
An optical communication system according to an aspect of the present invention include a transmission circuit configured to sum a plurality of binary signals having bit rates that are twice or more integer multiples of a bit rate of a low-speed side and having frequencies synchronized with each other with each amplitude further decreasing as the corresponding bit rate becomes higher, generate a modulation signal representing a combination of bits of the plurality of binary signals as an amplitude value, and transmit an optical signal amplitude-modulated using the modulation signal; and a reception circuit configured to perform photoelectric conversion of the optical signal transmitted in the transmitting step, generate a reception signal corresponding to the modulation signal, determine the combination of the bits of the plurality of binary signals by identifying all the amplitude values included in the reception signal using thresholds smaller than the number of the combinations of the bits of the plurality of binary signals by one, and identify the bits of the plurality of binary signals summed.
In addition, another optical modulation/demodulation method according to an aspect of the present invention includes a transmitting step of summing a plurality of binary signals having bit rates that are twice or more integer multiples of a bit rate of a low-speed side and having frequencies synchronized with each other with each amplitude further decreasing as the corresponding bit rate becomes higher, generating a modulation signal representing a combination of bits of the plurality of binary signals as an amplitude value, and transmitting an optical signal amplitude-modulated using the modulation signal; and a receiving step of performing photoelectric conversion of the optical signal transmitted in the transmitting step, generating a reception signal corresponding to the modulation signal, generating a low-speed side signal by transmitting a low-speed side of the reception signal through a low pass filter, and separating the plurality of binary signals from the reception signal by subtracting the low-speed side signal from the reception signal.
Another optical communication system according to an aspect of the present invention includes a transmission circuit configured to sum a plurality of binary signals having bit rates that are twice or more integer multiples of a bit rate of a low-speed side and having frequencies synchronized with each other with each amplitude further decreasing as the corresponding bit rate becomes higher, generate a modulation signal representing a combination of bits of the plurality of binary signals as an amplitude value and transmit an optical signal amplitude-modulated using the modulation signal; and a reception circuit configured to perform photoelectric conversion of the optical signal transmitted in the transmitting step, generate a reception signal corresponding to the modulation signal, generate a low-speed side signal by transmitting a low-speed side of the reception signal through a low pass filter, and separate the plurality of binary signals from the reception signal by subtracting the low-speed side signal from the reception signal.
As described above, according to the disclosure, an optical modulation/demodulation method, an optical communication system, an optical transmitting device, and an optical receiving device capable of inhibiting an increase in the cost and a decrease in the band at the time of multiplexing services can be provided.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below are embodiments of the present invention, and the invention is not limited to the following embodiments. In this specification and the drawings, constituent elements having the same reference signs are assumed to be the same.
In this embodiment, in order to simplify description of technologies regarding the present invention, two services using a high-speed bit rate and a low-speed bit rate are assumed. Some reference signs in the drawing are the same as those represented in
Here, as bit combinations of the low-speed bit rate and the high-speed bit rate, there are four patterns including (low-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(1, 1), (low-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(1, 0), (low-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(0, 1), and (low-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(0, 0). t=0, t=1, t=2, t=3, t=4 illustrated in
(At t=0)
The low-speed bit rate side and the high-speed bit rate side are rise/fall of bits (in other words, a transition from “1” to “0” or a transition from “0” to “1”). For this reason, in a case in which a DC component is removed through a device such as a DC block, the signal has 0 V as its center, and the range of the amplitude that may be taken is as below.
Low-speed bit rate
−100 mV≤Vlow-speed bit rate≤100 mV [Relationship 1]
High-speed bit rate
−50 mV≤Vhigh-speed bit rate≤50 mV [Relationship 2]
Therefore, a combined amplitude after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is as follows.
−150 mV≤Vmux≤150 mV [Relationship 3]
(At t=1)
A bit that may be taken by the low-speed bit rate is “1” or “0” and is as below.
Low-speed bit rate
Vlow-speed bit rate=−100 mV or 100 mV [Relationship 4]
A bit that may be taken by the high-speed bit rate is also “1” or “0” and is as below.
High-speed bit rate
Vhigh-speed bit rate=−50 mV or 50 mV [Relationship 5]
Therefore, a combined amplitude after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 according to the combination is as below.
Vmux=−150 mV in the case of the combination(0, 0), Vmux=−50 mV in the case of the combination(0, 1), Vmux=50 mV in the case of the combination(1, 0), and Vmux=150 mV in the case of the combination(1, 1). [Relationship 6]
(At t=2)
An amplitude that may be taken by the low-speed bit rate is as represented in Relationship 4, the high-speed bit rate side is a rise/fall of the bit and thus, is in the amplitude range represented in Relationship 2, and a combined amplitude after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is as below.
−150≤Vmux≤−50 mV [Relationship 7]
50≤Vmux≤150 mV [Relationship 8]
(At t=3)
The amplitudes are the same as those as t=1, and thus, a composite output after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is as represented in Relationship 6.
(At t=4)
The amplitudes are the same as those as t=0, and thus, a composite output after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is as represented in Relationship 3.
As described above, when an output waveform after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is observed using a sampling oscilloscope, a waveform as illustrated in
Here, as bit combinations of these three bit rates, there are eight patterns including (low-speed bit rate, intermediate-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(1, 1, 1), (low-speed bit rate, intermediate-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(1, 1, 0), (low-speed bit rate, intermediate-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(1, 0, 1), (low-speed bit rate, intermediate-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(1, 0, 0), (low-speed bit rate, intermediate-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(0, 1, 1), (low-speed bit rate, intermediate-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(0, 1, 0), (low-speed bit rate, intermediate-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(0, 0, 1), and (low-speed bit rate, intermediate-speed bit rate, high-speed bit rate)=(0, 0, 0). t=0 to t=8 illustrated in FIG. 7 illustrates 2X sampling points on the high-speed bit rate side. Hereinafter, amplitudes that may be taken at the sampling points will be described.
(At t=0)
The low-speed bit rate side, the intermediate-speed bit rate, and the high-speed bit rate side are rise/fall of bits (in other words, a transition from “1” to “0” or a transition from “0” to “1”), and thus, in a case in which a DC component is cut through a device such as a DC block, the signal has 0 V as its center, and the range of the amplitude that may be taken is as below.
Low-speed bit rate
−200 mV≤Vlow-speed bit rate≤200 mV [Relationship 9]
Intermediate-speed bit rate
−100 mV≤Vintermediate-speed bit rate≤100 mV [Relationship 10]
High-speed bit rate
−50 mV≤Vhigh-speed bit rate≤50 mV [Relationship 11]
Therefore, combined amplitudes after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 are as follows.
−350 mV≤Vmux≤350 mV [Relationship 12]
(At t=1)
Bits that may be taken by the low-speed bit rate, the intermediate-speed bit rate, and the high-speed bit rate are “1” or “0” and are as below.
High-speed bit rate
Vlow-speed bit rate=−200 mV or 200 mV [Relationship 13]
Intermediate-speed bit rate
Vintermediate-speed bit rate=−100 mV or 100 mV [Relationship 14]
High-speed bit rate
Vhigh-speed bit rate=−50 mV or 50 mV [Relationship 15]
Therefore, combined amplitudes after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 according to the combinations are as below.
Vmux=−350 mV in the case of the combination(0, 0, 0), Vmux=−250 mV in the case of the combination(0, 0, 1), Vmux=−150 mV in the case of the combination(0, 1, 0), Vmux=−50 mV in the case of the combination(0, 1, 1), Vmux=50 mV in the case of the combination(1, 0, 0), Vmux=150 mV in the case of the combination(1, 0, 1), Vmux=250 mV in the case of the combination(1, 1, 0), and Vmux=350 mV in the case of the combination(1, 1, 1). [Relationship 16]
(At t=2)
An amplitude that may be taken by the low-speed bit rate is as represented in Relationship 13, an amplitude that may be taken by the intermediate-speed bit rate is as represented in Relationship 14, and an amplitude that may be taken by the high-speed bit rate is as represented in Relationship 11. Therefore, combined amplitudes after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 are as below.
250≤Vmux≤350 mV [Relationship 17]
50≤Vmux≤150 mV [Relationship 18]
−150≤Vmux≤−50 mV [Relationship 19]
−350≤Vmux≤−250 mV [Relationship 20]
(At t=3)
Because the amplitudes are the same as those at t=1, the composite output after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is as represented in Relationship 16.
(At t=4)
Because the amplitude that may be taken by the low-speed bit rate is as represented in Relationship 13, and the amplitude ranges that may be taken by the intermediate-speed bit rate and the high-speed bit rate are as represented in Relationships 10 and 11, a composite output after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is as below.
−350≤Vmux≤−50 mV [Relationship 21]
50≤Vmux≤350 mV [Relationship 22]
(At t=5)
Because the amplitudes are the same as those at t=1, a composite output after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is as represented in Relationship 16.
(At t=6)
Because the amplitudes are the same as those at t=2, a composite output after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is as represented in Relationships 17 to 20.
(At t=7)
Because the amplitudes are the same as those at t=1, a composite output after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is as represented in Relationship 16.
(At t=8)
Because the amplitudes are the same as those at t=0, a composite output after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is as represented in Relationship 12.
As described above, when an output after multiplexing using the multiplexer 14 is observed using a sampling oscilloscope, a waveform as denoted by “d′” in
Reference sign 31 represents an A bit rate data generating unit, reference sign 32 represents an A bit rate amplitude adjusting unit, reference sign 33 represents a B bit rate data generating unit, reference sign 34 represents a B bit rate amplitude adjusting unit, reference sign 35 represents an N bit rate data generating unit, reference sign 36 represents an N bit rate amplitude adjusting unit, and reference sign 37 represents a multiplexer of N:1. A modulator 1C includes the bit rate data generating units 31, 33, and 35, the amplitude adjusting units 32, 34, and 36, a multiplexer 37, and a clock unit 15.
N bit rates have a relation of integer multiples, and, when a lowest bit rate is A bits/s, B=a×A, C=b×B, D=c×C, (here, a, b, . . . are integers larger than one), in a case in which relations of Va>Vb> . . . >Vn (here, an amplitude value of the A bit rate Va, . . . , and an amplitude value of the N bit rate Vn) among amplitudes is satisfied, different bit rates illustrated in Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2 can be modulated and output by employing a simple configuration using one transmitter.
In this embodiment, an optical receiving device that demodulates a signal modulated by the optical transmitting device 101 according to Embodiment 1 will be described. In this embodiment, for simple description of a demodulation technology, two bit rates (two services) including a high-speed bit rate and a low-speed bit rate will be assumed. Reference sign 40 represents an optical fiber, reference sign 41 represents a PD that converts input light into a current, reference sign 42 represents a trans-impedance amplifier (TIA) that converts a current into a voltage, reference sign 43 represents a low pass filter (LPF) having a bandwidth of a low-speed bit rate, and reference sign 44 represents thresholds of a three-threshold determining circuits (there is a relation of Vth1<Vth2<Vth3 in the drawing). A frequency splitter 2D includes the TIA 42, the LPF 43, and the three-threshold determining circuit 44.
Modulated light input to the PD 41 is converted into a current and is converted into voltage through the TIA 42. A signal after output from the TIA is divided into two paths and a first path of them is caused to pass through the LPF 43 having a bandwidth of the low-speed bit rate side to cut a high frequency component, resulting a low-speed bit rate signal extracted.
When Vth3<Vinput voltage, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “1”. [Relationship 23]
When Vth2<Vinput voltage<Vth3, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side “0”. [Relationship 24]
When Vth1<Vinput voltage<Vth2, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side “1”. [Relationship 25]
When Vth1>Vinput voltage, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side “0”. [Relationship 26]
Here, the thresholds are set as follows. In a case in which an output voltage of the TIA when a signal having “1” on the low-speed bit rate side and “0” on the high-speed bit rate side is received is Va, an output voltage of the TIA when a signal having “0” on the low-speed bit rate side and “1” on the high-speed bit rate side is received is Vb, and Va>Vb, the thresholds follow the following relationships.
Vth1=Vb/2 [Relationship 27]
Vth2=(Va+Vb)/2 [Relationship 28]
Vth3=Va+Vb/2 [Relationship 29]
In a case in which a signal having two different bit rates is modulated under condition that the bit rates are integer multiples, a signal on the low-speed bit rate side and a signal on the high-speed bit rate can be extracted in a divisional manner by employing a simple configuration similar to that of the transmission side. Although a configuration in which the output of the TIA 42 branches into two paths is illustrated in
In this embodiment, an optical receiving device of a different system that demodulates a signal modulated by the optical transmitting device 101 according to Embodiment 1 will be described. The optical receiving device 202 extracts a signal of the high-speed bit rate side using an analog circuit, which is different from the optical receiving device 201 according to Embodiment 4. In this embodiment, similarly to the fourth embodiment, two bit rates (two services) including a high-speed bit rate and a low-speed bit rate will be assumed. Some reference signs in the drawing are the same as those illustrated in
By causing a signal to pass through the LPF 43 having a bandwidth of the low-speed bit rate side, a high frequency component is cut, and a low-speed bit rate signal is extracted, which is similar to Embodiment 4. The frequency splitter 2Da extracts a high-speed bit rate signal by subtracting a voltage of a signal of the low-speed bit rate of the output of the LPF 43 from an output (a voltage of a composite signal of the low-speed bit rate and the high-speed bit rate) of the TIA 42.
The subtraction circuit 46, for example, is an operational amplifier, and it is known that the output voltage V=(Vin2−Vin1) when resistance R1=R2=R3=R4 in the drawing. In addition, the delay circuit 45 is installed for matching timings of the composite signal and the low-speed bit rate signal with each other and may be omitted when the timings of the composite signal and the low-speed bit rate match each other using a signal line or the like. In a case in which a signal having two bit rates is modulated under a condition that the bit rates are integer multiples, signals of the low-speed bit rate side and the high-speed bit rate side can be extracted in a divisional manner by employing a simple configuration that is similar to that of the transmission side.
Modulated light input to the PD 41 is converted into a current and is converted into voltage through the TIA 42. The signal after the output of the TIA 42 is divided into three paths, and a low-speed bit rate signal is extracted by cutting a high frequency component by configuring a first path to pass through the LPF 43 having a bandwidth of the low-speed bit rate side.
The intermediate-speed bit rate and the high-speed bit rate are extracted by the threshold determining circuits 47 and 48 having seven thresholds using the following determination logic.
First, the threshold determining circuit 47 determines the high-speed bit rate as follows.
When Vth7<Vinput voltage, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “1”. [Relationship 30]
When Vth6<Vinput voltage<Vth7, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “0”. [Relationship 31]
When Vth5<Vinput voltage<Vth6, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “1”. [Relationship 32]
When Vth4<Vinput voltage<Vth5, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “0”. [Relationship 33]
When Vth3<Vinput voltage<Vth4, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “1”. [Relationship 34]
When Vth2<Vinput voltage<Vth3, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “0”. [Relationship 35]
When Vth1<Vinput voltage<Vth2, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “1”. [Relationship 36]
When Vth1>Vinput voltage, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “0”. [Relationship 37]
Next, the threshold value determining circuit 48 determines the intermediate-speed bit rate as follows.
When Vth7<Vinput voltage, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “1”. [Relationship 38]
When Vth6<Vinput voltage<Vth7, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “1”. [Relationship 39]
When Vth5<Vinput voltage<Vth6, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “0”. [Relationship 40]
When Vth4<Vinput voltage<Vth5, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “0”. [Relationship 41]
When Vth3<Vinput voltage<Vth4, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “1”. [Relationship 42]
When Vth2<Vinput voltage<Vth3, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “1”. [Relationship 43]
When Vth1<Vinput voltage<Vth2, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “0”. [Relationship 44]
When Vth1>Vinput voltage, the signal on the high-speed bit rate side is “0”. [Relationship 45]
In addition, the optical signal is modulated by the optical transmitting device 102 such that a sum of voltages in a combination of bits is not superimposed on the output of the TIA 42. For example, when the voltage on the low-speed bit rate side Va, the voltage of the intermediate-speed bit rate is Vb, and the voltage of the high-speed bit rate is Vc, voltage values of the bit rates are set such that Va=4Vc and Vb=2Vc.
Here, the thresholds are set as follows.
Vth1=Vc/2 [Relationship 46]
Vth2=(Vb+Vc)/2 [Relationship 47]
Vth3=Vb+Vc/2 [Relationship 48]
Vth4=(Va+Vb+Vc)/2 [Relationship 49]
Vth5=Va+Vc/2 [Relationship 50]
Vth6=Va+Vb/2+Vc/2 [Relationship 51]
Vth7=Va+Vb+Vc/2 [Relationship 52]
In a case in which a signal having three different bit rates is modulated under condition that the bit rates are integer multiples, a signal on the low-speed bit rate side and a signal on the high-speed bit rate can be extracted in a divisional manner by employing a simple configuration similar to that of the transmission side. Although a configuration in which the output of the TIA 42 branches into three paths is illustrated in
In the drawing, reference signs are the same as those illustrated in
Modulated light input to the PD 41 is converted into a current and is converted into a voltage through the TIA 42. The signal after the output of the TIA 42 is divided into n paths, and a low-speed bit rate signal can be extracted by cutting a high frequency component by configuring a first path to pass through the LPF 43 having a bandwidth of the low-speed bit rate side.
Signals of the k-th bit rate (Nk) are extracted by the threshold determining circuits 49 to 51 having (2n−1) thresholds.
First, a combination of a first (N1) bit to an n-th bit (Nn) is present as 2n represented in each row of a matrix on the right side of the following relationship.
Here, k=1, . . . , n, X1k=0, and X2nk=1.
Assuming that a determination logic causes the output of the threshold determining circuit to be “1” when a signal of the k-th bit rate (Nk) is “1” and causes the output to be “0” when the signal is “0”, a determination logic and thresholds of the threshold determining circuit extracting the k-th signal from each combination of bits represented in an m-th row (here, m=2, 3, . . . , 2n−1) in a matrix on the right side represented in Relationship 53 are set such that the following relationships are satisfied.
When Vth(m−1)<Vinput voltage<Vth(m), the signal is “1” (when Xmk=1). [Relationship 54]
When Vth(m−1)<Vinput voltage<Vth(m)<Vth(m), the signal is “0” (when Xmk=0). [Relationship 55]
In addition, when m=1 and Vinput voltage<Vth(m) for all k, the signal is “0”. When m=2n and Vth(m−1)<Vinput voltage, the signal is “1” for all k.
In a case in which a signal having n different bit rates is modulated under a condition that the bit rates are integer multiples, a signal can be extracted for each of n bit rates by employing a simple configuration that is similar to that of the transmission side. Although a configuration in which the output of the TIA 42 branches into n paths is illustrated in
The optical communication system 301 is a PON system that outputs two bit rates of different heights for each ONU using the modulation system according to the Embodiment 1 and the demodulation system according to the Embodiment 4. In the drawing, reference signs are the same as those represented until now. Reference sign 52 represents a low-speed bit rate output port, reference sign 53 represents a high-speed bit rate output port, and reference sign 54 represents a timing chart in a downlink direction. The OLT is the same as the optical transmitting device 101 according to Embodiment 1.
ONU #1 is configured to cut a high frequency component using the LPF 43 and output signals of only a low bit rate from the port 52, and ONU #2 is configured to output signals of only bit rates higher than the three-value threshold determining circuit 44 from the port 53. Detailed principles of the modulation system and the demodulation system are similar to those described until now. In this way, by using only a functional unit that extracts a desired bit rate on the demodulation side in a case in which a bit rate different for each ONU is output under a condition that bit rates are integral multiples, multiple services of the band occupying type can be economically realized by employing a simple configuration using one transmitter.
In addition, in a case in which one ONU outputs both a high-speed bit rate and a low-speed bit rate, the configuration of the optical receiving device 201 according to Embodiment 4 may be employed. In addition, the configuration of the optical receiving device 202 according to Embodiment 5 may be employed.
Although a configuration of high/low two bit rates is illustrated in
In the embodiment described above, for the convenience of description, although a configuration of one transmitter, in other words, a configuration for one wavelength has been illustrated, a band can be further extended by employing a configuration in which transmitters having a plurality of wavelengths are disposed on the OLT side, the wavelengths are multiplexed using a WDM filter, and each wavelength is split using the WDM filter on the ONU side.
Effects of the Invention
According to the disclosure, for an optical communication system accommodating a plurality of services having different bit rates, a modulation/demodulation system economically realizing multiple services of the band occupying type by employing a simple configuration using one transmitter under a condition that the bit rates are integer multiples and an optical communication system using the modulation/demodulation system described above can be provided.
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