Patent ID: 11303359

Abstract:
There is provided a communication system, wherein: an optical transmission apparatus has: a first storage unit that stores amplitude distribution information, which is information representing a distribution of occurrence probabilities of symbols of an optical signal, in association with a modulation rate of an optical signal; a control unit that selects the modulation rate based on a signal band that is a band determined by the modulation rate and a device band that is a band in which a transmission path and the like allow passage of an optical signal, and controls an occurrence probability of a symbol of an optical signal based on the amplitude distribution information; and an optical transmitter that transmits an optical signal of a symbol of which the occurrence probability is controlled; and an optical reception apparatus has: an optical receiver that receives an optical signal of a symbol; a second storage unit that stores the amplitude distribution information in association with the modulation rate; and a decoding unit that detects the selected modulation rate, and decodes a symbol of a received optical signal based on the amplitude distribution information associated with the detected modulation rate.