Optical transmission system, optical receiver, and method for detecting optical signal information

Abstract

In the optical transmission system to transmit optical signals using a plurality of adjacent paths, it is difficult to detect a delay difference between a plurality of paths and chromatic dispersion with a high degree of accuracy due to a crosstalk; therefore, a method for detecting optical signal information according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes generating a plurality of data signal sequences corresponding to a plurality of paths multiplexed spatially, each of the plurality of data signal sequences obtained by inserting periodically a training signal with a plurality of frequency components in a data signal, in the plurality of data signal sequences, the training signals respectively included in the data signal sequences to be propagated through adjacent paths at least having different frequency components from each other at the same timing, each of a plurality of the training signals included in one of the data signal sequences having the plurality of frequency components whose frequency difference differing depending on a position to be inserted; and calculating a propagation delay difference between the plurality of paths and chromatic dispersion amounts in the plurality of paths from the plurality of frequency components included in the training signals having been propagated through the plurality of paths by optical signals.