Transmission device and selection method for modulation scheme

Abstract

A transmission device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to acquire a polarization mode dispersion value of each of wavelengths of a polarization-multiplexed optical signal having a wavelength, multiply a mean value of the polarization mode dispersion values of the wavelengths by a prescribed ratio, to thereby calculate a maximum value of the polarization mode dispersion value that is temporally varied, and select a multi-level modulation scheme of the polarization-multiplexed optical signal based on an index value of transmission quality of the polarization-multiplexed optical signal depending on the maximum value.

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