Patent Application: US-201213354620-A

Abstract:
in pattern synchronization for correctly regenerating received data , which is performed in an optical receiver for receiving an optical signal that has been subjected to quadrature phase modulation , signal conduction is quickly established without using duplicate combinations of bit shifting and pattern changing . a control method that does not involve verifying the duplicate combinations generated in modulation formats and pattern synchronization search orders . specifically , a signal check circuit performs data verification of data multiplexed by a mux circuit for multiplexing two data strings , and a bit shift pattern change control circuit controls a bit shift circuit and a pattern changing circuit based on a result of the data verification and detects a correct combination of correct regenerated data to establish the signal conduction . at this time , for the bit shift circuit and the pattern changing circuit , the duplicate combinations are not verified .

Description:
hereinafter , an embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings . the embodiment described below uses the rz - dqpsk format . fig1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention , and is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an optical receiver 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention . on an optical transmitter 1 side , an input signal 10 is converted by a modulator 11 into an rz - dqpsk optical signal , and the rz - dqpsk optical signal is input through a transmission line 2 to a demodulator 30 of the optical receiver 3 . specifically , the modulator 11 , which is an rz - dqpsk modulator , performs rz - dqpsk modulation to convert the input signal 10 into the rz - dqpsk optical signal , and the rz - dqpsk optical signal is input through the transmission line 2 to the demodulator 30 . in the demodulator 30 , the rz - dqpsk optical signal is subjected to quadrature phase demodulation to be converted to electric signals in two lanes . specifically , in the demodulator 30 , the rz - dqpsk optical signal is converted to an electric signal in an i lane 33 and an electric signal in a q lane 34 . the two electric signals in the i lane 33 and the q lane 34 are input to two clock data recovery circuits 31 and 32 ( hereinafter , referred to as cdr circuits 31 and 32 ) that operate independently of each other , respectively , to be regenerated as two data strings . a synchronizing circuit 35 absorbs any skew so that the two data strings become two synchronized parallel data strings ( i data string and q data string to be described later ). thereafter , the two synchronized parallel data strings pass through a bit shift circuit 36 and a pattern changing circuit 37 ( polarity inversion and lane swapping ) and are restored as one data string 39 by a mux circuit 38 . the bit shift circuit 36 performs bit shifting of at least one parallel data string in accordance with an instruction from a bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 to be described later . in this embodiment , the bit shift circuit 36 performs bit shifting of a parallel data string of the q lane . further , the pattern changing circuit 37 subjects at least one of the parallel data strings to the polarity inversion and the lane swapping in accordance with an instruction from the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 . the restored data string 39 is monitored by a signal check circuit 40 so as to be correctly restored as the original input signal 10 to the transmission side . when the data string is regenerated with a wrong combination of bit shifting and pattern changing , the data string is passed through the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 so that the bit shifting and the pattern changing are controlled to be changed to another combination , and the regenerated data is verified . the pattern changing is repeated until the regenerated data output finally regenerates the input signal data correctly . specifically , the signal check circuit 40 repeatedly performs data verification of the restored data string 39 so that the restored data string 39 is restored as the input signal 10 . then , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 repeatedly changes the content of the bit shifting and the content of the pattern changing until an affirmative data verification result is obtained . specifically , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 repeatedly changes the control contents of the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 until the signal conduction is established . at this time , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 omits combinations that provide the same effect on the arrangement and the polarity of the data string after being multiplexed by the mux circuit 38 , and gives combinations of the bit shifting and the pattern changing . specifically , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 uses , when there are a plurality of control contents of the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with which the data array of the restored data string 39 becomes a certain data array , only one control content of the plurality of control contents is used . in other words , when the data string 39 obtained by controlling the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with a certain control content and the data string 39 obtained by controlling the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with another control content are the same , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 does not perform control of the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with one of the control contents . this way , the combination that regenerates the correct data string may be found faster , and the signal conduction may be quickly established . note that , in this figure , the verification of the data pattern is performed after the mux circuit 38 . however , the multiplexing by the mux circuit 38 may not be performed and corresponding pattern verification may be performed after multiplexing two data strings . the maximum value of the bit shifting necessary for finding the combination that regenerates the correct data string is determined by the modulation format , the demodulation format , and the amount of skews generated in the modulator , the demodulator , and the cdr circuits . when the two independent cdr circuits 31 and 32 illustrated in this figure are used , the maximum value is about ± 2 bits . changes of the i data string and the q data string ( see fig2 ) due to the bit shifting and the pattern changing in this case are illustrated in fig3 a to 3d , which are used to describe the same patterns and the pattern checking method . the numerals in the patterns of the figures indicate the arrangement of the input data string . the symbol “ inv ” after the numerals indicates polarity inversion of the data . table a 1 of fig3 a shows the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits , table a 2 of fig3 a shows the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits and then the polarity of the i data string is inverted , table a 3 of fig3 a shows the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits and then the polarity of the q data string is inverted , and table a 4 of fig3 a shows the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits and then the polarities of both the data strings are inverted . in addition , table a 1 of fig3 a shows the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table a 1 of fig3 a , table a 2 of fig3 a shows the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table a 2 of fig3 a , table a 3 of fig3 a shows the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table a 3 of fig3 a , and table a 4 of fig3 a shows the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table a 4 of fig3 a . further , table b 1 of fig3 a and table b 1 of fig3 b show the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit , table b 2 of fig3 a and table b 2 of fig3 b show the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit and then the polarity of the i data string is inverted , table b 3 of fig3 a and table b 3 of fig3 b show the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit and then the polarity of the q data string is inverted , and table b 4 of fig3 a and table b 4 of fig3 b show the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit and then the polarities of both the data strings are inverted . in addition , table b 1 of fig3 a and table b 1 of fig3 b show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table b 1 of fig3 a and table b 1 of fig3 b , table b 2 of fig3 a and table b 2 of fig3 b show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table b 2 of fig3 a and table b 2 of fig3 b , table b 3 of fig3 a and table b 3 of fig3 b show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table b 3 of fig3 a and table b 3 of fig3 b , and table b 4 of fig3 a and table b 4 of fig3 b show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table b 4 of fig3 a and table b 4 of fig3 b . further , table c 1 of fig3 b and table c 1 of fig3 c show the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by 0 bits , table c 2 of fig3 b and table c 2 of fig3 c show the q data string and the i data string when the polarity of the i data string is inverted , table c 3 of fig3 b and table c 3 of fig3 c show the q data string and the i data string when the polarity of the q data string is inverted , and table c 4 of fig3 b and table c 4 of fig3 c show the q data string and the i data string when the polarities of both the data strings are inverted . in addition , table c 1 of fig3 b and table c 1 of fig3 c show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table c 1 of fig3 b and table c 1 of fig3 c , table c 2 of fig3 b and table c 2 of fig3 c show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table c 2 of fig3 b and table c 2 of fig3 c , table c 3 of fig3 b and table c 3 of fig3 c show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table c 3 of fig3 b and table c 3 of fig3 c , and table c 4 of fig3 b and table c 4 of fig3 c show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table c 4 of fig3 b and table c 4 of fig3 c . further , table d 1 of fig3 c and table d 1 of fig3 d show the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit , table d 2 of fig3 c and table d 2 of fig3 d show the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit and then the polarity of the i data string is inverted , table d 3 of fig3 c and table d 3 of fig3 d show the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit and then the polarity of the q data string is inverted , and table d 4 of fig3 c and table d 4 of fig3 d show the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit and then the polarities of both the data strings are inverted . in addition , table d 1 of fig3 c and table d 1 of fig3 d show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table d 1 of fig3 c and table d 1 of fig3 d , table d 2 of fig3 c and table d 2 of fig3 d show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table d 2 of fig3 c and table d 2 of fig3 d , table d 3 of fig3 c and table d 3 of fig3 d show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table d 3 of fig3 c and table d 3 of fig3 d , and table d 4 of fig3 c and table d 4 of fig3 d show the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table d 4 of fig3 c and table d 4 of fig3 d . table e 1 of fig3 d shows the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits , table e 2 of fig3 d shows the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits and then the polarity of the i data string is inverted , table e 3 of fig3 d shows the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits and then the polarity of the q data string is inverted , and table e 4 of fig3 d shows the q data string and the i data string when the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits and then the polarities of both the data strings are inverted . in addition , table e 1 of fig3 d shows the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table e 1 of fig3 d , table e 2 of fig3 d shows the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table e 2 of fig3 d , table e 3 of fig3 d shows the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table e 3 of fig3 d , and table e 4 of fig3 d shows the q data string and the i data string when the lane swapping is further performed in the case shown in table e 4 of fig3 d . fig3 a to 3e illustrate cases where pattern changing is performed in the order of the bit shifting , the polarity inversion , and the lane swapping . as apparent from the figures , the lane swapping results in the same data string as the data string obtained when the q lane is shifted by − 1 bit . therefore , the data pattern obtained by shifting ± 1 bit overlap the data obtained without shifting or by shifting ± 2 bits , and hence the pattern checking may be omitted . to the contrary , when the lane swapping is omitted and bit shifting is performed by 0 bits , ± 1 bit , and ± 2 bits , it is also possible to omit the pattern checking and quickly verify the combination of the bit shifting and the pattern changing that correctly regenerates the data string . for example , both in the case of table a 2 of fig3 a and in the case of table b 2 of fig3 a , when the i data string and the q data string are multiplexed , the data array becomes “ 4 , 1inv , 6 , 3inv , 8 , 5inv , 10 , 7inv ”. therefore , both in the case where the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 are controlled with the control content that “ the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits and the polarity of the i data string is inverted ” and in the case where the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 are controlled with the control content that “ the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit , the polarity of the i data string is inverted , and the lane swapping is performed ”, the same data string is obtained after the multiplexing . therefore , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 controls the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with only one of the control contents . in the case of this embodiment , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 performs bit shifting so that the bit shift amount is an even number of bits . therefore , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 controls the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with the control content that “ the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits and the polarity of the i data string is inverted ”, but does not control the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with the control content that “ the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit , the polarity of the i data string is inverted , and the lane swapping is performed ”. note that , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 may perform bit shifting so that the bit shift amount is an odd number of bits instead of an even number of bits . also , for example , both in the case of table b 2 of fig3 b and in the case of table c 2 of fig3 b , when the i data string and the q data string are multiplexed , the data array becomes “ 2 , 1inv , 4 , 3inv , 6 , 5inv , 8 , 7inv , 10 , 9inv ”. therefore , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 controls the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with the control content that “ the polarity of the i data string is inverted and the lane swapping is performed ”, but does not control the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with the control content that “ the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit and the polarity of the i data string is inverted ”. further , for example , both in the case of table c 2 of fig3 c and in the case of table d 2 of fig3 c , when the i data string and the q data string are multiplexed , the data array becomes “ 1inv , 2 , 3inv , 4 , 5inv , 6 , 7inv , 8 , 9inv , 10 ”. therefore , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 controls the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with the control content that “ the polarity of the i data string is inverted ”, but does not control the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with the control content that “ the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit , the polarity of the i data string is inverted , and the lane swapping is performed ”. also , for example , both in the case of table d 2 of fig3 d and in the case of table e 2 of fig3 d , when the i data string and the q data string are multiplexed , the data array becomes “ 3inv , 2 , 5inv , 4 , 7inv , 6 , 9inv , 8 ”. therefore , the bit shift pattern change control circuit 41 controls the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with the control content that “ the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits , the polarity of the i data string is inverted , and the lane swapping is performed ”, but does not control the bit shift circuit 36 and the pattern changing circuit 37 with the control content that “ the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit and the polarity of the i data string is inverted ”. hereinabove , referring to fig1 , 2 , and 3 a to 3 d , there has been exemplified the checking method in the case where the pattern changing is performed in the order of the bit shifting , the polarity inversion , and the lane swapping . when the order is changed , the combinations of overlapping control contents change , but the number of the combinations is the same . fig4 a to 4e illustrate arrangements and polarities of the two data strings in the i and q lanes when the pattern changing is performed in the order of the polarity inversion , the lane swapping , and the bit shifting , in the manner similar to fig3 a to 3d . table a 1 of fig4 a shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed and then the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits , table a 2 of fig4 a shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarity of the q data string is inverted and the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits , table a 3 of fig4 a shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarity of the i data string is inverted and the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits , and table a 4 of fig4 a shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarities of both the data strings are inverted and the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits . table a 1 of fig4 a shows the i data string and the q data string when the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits , table a 2 of fig4 a shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarity of the i data string is inverted and then the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits , table a 3 of fig4 a shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarity of the q data string is inverted and then the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits , and table a 4 of fig4 a shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarities of both the data strings are inverted and then the q data string is shifted by − 2 bits . table b 1 of fig4 b shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed and then the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit , table b 2 of fig4 b shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarity of the q data string is inverted and the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit , table b 3 of fig4 b shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarity of the i data string is inverted and the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit , and table b 4 of fig4 b shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarities of both the data strings are inverted and the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit . table b 1 of fig4 b shows the i data string and the q data string when the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit , table b 2 of fig4 b shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarity of the i data string is inverted and then the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit , table b 3 of fig4 b shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarity of the q data string is inverted and then the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit , and table b 4 of fig4 b shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarities of both the data strings are inverted and then the q data string is shifted by − 1 bit . table c 1 of fig4 c shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , table c 2 of fig4 c shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed and then the polarity of the q data string is inverted , table c 3 of fig4 c shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed and then the polarity of the i data string is inverted , and table c 4 of fig4 c shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed and then the polarities of both the data strings are inverted . table c 1 of fig4 c shows the i data string and the q data string when the q data string is shifted by 0 bits , table c 2 of fig4 c shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarity of the i data string is inverted , table c 3 of fig4 c shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarity of the q data string is inverted , and table c 4 of fig4 c shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarities of both the data strings are inverted . table d 1 of fig4 d shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed and then the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit , table d 2 of fig4 d shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarity of the q data string is inverted and the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit , table d 3 of fig4 d shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarity of the i data string is inverted and the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit , and table d 4 of fig4 d shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarities of both the data strings are inverted and the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit . table d 1 of fig4 d shows the i data string and the q data string when the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit , table d 2 of fig4 d shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarity of the i data string is inverted and then the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit , table d 3 of fig4 d shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarity of the q data string is inverted and then the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit , and table d 4 of fig4 d shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarities of both the data strings are inverted and then the q data string is shifted by + 1 bit . table e 1 of fig4 e shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed and then the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits , table e 2 of fig4 e shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarity of the q data string is inverted and the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits , table e 3 of fig4 e shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarity of the i data string is inverted and the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits , and table e 4 of fig4 e shows the i data string and the q data string when the lane swapping is performed , and then the polarities of both the data strings are inverted and the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits . table e 1 of fig4 e shows the i data string and the q data string when the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits , table e 2 of fig4 e shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarity of the i data string is inverted and then the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits , table e 3 of fig4 e shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarity of the q data string is inverted and then the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits , and table e 4 of fig4 e shows the i data string and the q data string when the polarities of both the data strings are inverted and then the q data string is shifted by + 2 bits . in this case , bit shifting to the negative side has overlapping patterns ( control contents ) in no bit shifting and bit shifting in the positive side . specifically , the data string obtained when the i data string and the q data string are multiplexed is the same for the case of table a 1 of fig4 a and the case of table d 1 of fig4 d , for the case of table a 2 of fig4 a and the case of table d 2 of fig4 d , for the case of table a 3 of fig4 a and the case of table d 3 of fig4 d , for the case of table a 4 of fig4 a and the case of table d 4 of fig4 d , for the case of table a 1 of fig4 a and the case of table d 1 of fig4 d , for the case of table a 2 of fig4 a and the case of table d 2 of fig4 d , for the case of table a 3 of fig4 a and the case of table d 3 of fig4 d , and for the case of table a 4 of fig4 a and the case of table d 4 of fig4 d . similarly , the data string obtained when the i data string and the q data string are multiplexed is the same for the case of table b 1 of fig4 b and the case of table c 1 of fig4 c , for the case of table b 2 of fig4 b and the case of table c 2 of fig4 c , for the case of table b 3 of fig4 b and the case of table c 3 of fig4 c , for the case of table b 4 of fig4 b and the case of table c 4 of fig4 c , for the case of table b 1 of fig4 b and the case of table c 1 of fig4 c , for the case of table b 2 of fig4 b and the case of table c 2 of fig4 c , for the case of table b 3 of fig4 b and the case of table c 3 of fig4 c , and for the case of table b 4 of fig4 b and the case of table c 4 of fig4 c . therefore , verification of the bit shifting on the side of the bit shifting on the negative side becomes unnecessary . in this case also , the number of combinations of omittable patterns ( control contents ) when the verification is performed to a certain bit shift value is the same . note that , embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the embodiment described above . for example , the present invention is applicable not only to the case where the signal conduction is to be established in the optical receiver including the two cdr circuits , but also to a case where the signal conduction is to be established in an optical receiver including at least two cdr circuits . specifically , the present invention is applicable not only to the case where the signal conduction is to be established by multiplexing the two data strings regenerated by the two cdr circuits , but also to a case where the signal conduction is to be established by multiplexing at least two data strings regenerated by at least two cdr circuits . while there have been described what are at present considered to be certain embodiments of the invention , it will be understood that various modifications may be made thereto , and it is intended that the appended claims cover all such modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention 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