Abstract: A method for detecting a sent sequence, a receiver, and a receiving device in order to simplify an algorithm for detecting a sent sequence and improve detection efficiency. The method for detecting a sent sequence includes determining a maximum possible candidate value of each element in N elements of a received element sequence to obtain N maximum possible candidate values, where N is a positive integer, determining state sequences corresponding to the N maximum possible candidate values as reserved sequences to obtain N groups of reserved sequences, performing likelihood computation on the N groups of reserved sequences, and setting a reserved sequence that is in the N groups of reserved sequences and is most consistent with the element sequence as a detected sent sequence.

Abstract: A method for detecting a sent sequence, a receiver, and a receiving device in order to simplify an algorithm for detecting a sent sequence and improve detection efficiency. The method for detecting a sent sequence includes determining a maximum possible candidate value of each element in N elements of a received element sequence to obtain N maximum possible candidate values, where N is a positive integer, determining state sequences corresponding to the N maximum possible candidate values as reserved sequences to obtain N groups of reserved sequences, performing likelihood computation on the N groups of reserved sequences, and setting a reserved sequence that is in the N groups of reserved sequences and is most consistent with the element sequence as a detected sent sequence.

Abstract: A signal generating method and apparatus in the field of signal technologies are provided. The method includes: adjusting an incident angle of an optical signal entering a polarization beam splitter, so that the polarization beam splitter outputs a first optical signal and a second optical signal that have a preset power ratio; performing QPSK modulation on the first and second optical signal respectively by using a first and second externally input data streams, to obtain a first and a second QPSK optical signal; before the first QPSK optical signal and the second QPSK optical signal are input into a polarization beam combiner, adjusting a polarization state of the first or the second QPSK optical signal; when the polarization states of the two QPSK optical signals are the same, outputting a 16QAM signal; and when the polarization states of the two QPSK optical signals are orthogonal, outputting a DP-QPSK signal.