Decoding method using polarization time block coding and decoding device for performing the method

A decoding device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory configured to load or store a program executed by the one or more processors,
• wherein the program comprises instructions configured to branch received symbols consecutively received according to a symbol period into two paths, delay a first received symbol corresponding to a first path between the two paths by the symbol period in which the received symbols are received, perform a complex conjugate operation on a second received symbol corresponding to a second path between the two paths, compensate for channel distortion of the first received symbol delayed by the symbol period and the second received symbol on which the complex conjugate operation is performed, through an equalizer in the decoding device, and restore a transmission symbol by performing phase restoration on the first received symbol and the second received symbol for which the channel distortion is compensated for, through a phase compensator in the decoding device.

An optical receiver comprising a decoding device, the optical receiver comprising:

• a local oscillator (LO);
• an optical mixer configured to mix a polarization component of a local oscillation signal output from the LO and a polarization component of an optical signal transmitted and received to and from an optical transmitter;
• an optical detector configured to convert optical signals output from the optical mixer into electrical analog signals and transmit the electrical analog signals to an optical amplifier;
• an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert an electrical analog signal output from the optical amplifier into a digital signal;
• and
• a decoding device configured to restore an original signal transmitted from the optical transmitter from digital signals output from the ADC,
• wherein the decoding device is configured to branch received symbols consecutively received according to a symbol period into two paths, delay a first received symbol corresponding to a first path between the two paths by the symbol period in which the received symbols are received, perform a complex conjugate operation on a second received symbol corresponding to a second path between the two paths, compensate for channel distortion of the first received symbol delayed by the symbol period and the second received symbol on which the complex conjugate operation is performed, through an equalizer in the decoding device, and restore a transmission symbol by performing phase restoration on the first received symbol and the second received symbol for which the channel distortion is compensated for, through a phase compensator in the decoding device.