The invention discloses a
transmission system and method based on modular division
multiplexing. The
transmission system comprises a transmitting device and a receiving device, wherein the transmitting device comprises a
signal source and a
transmitter; the
signal source provides at least one channel of electrical signals for the
transmitter; and the
transmitter modulates the electrical signals onto an optical carrier, converts the electrical signals into optical signals, divides the optical signals into multiple channels of optical signals in different
modes, and multiplexes the optical signals together, so that modular division
multiplexing signals are generated. According to the
transmission system and method provided by the invention, the transmitter modulates the electrical signals into the optical signals, divides the optical signals into multiple channels of optical signals in different
modes, and multiplexes the optical signals, so that the modular division
multiplexing signalsare generated; the modular division multiplexing signals are transmitted to the receiving device through an
optical fiber link; then, the receiving device de-multiplexes the signals into multiple channels of fundamental mode optical signals in the same mode; the
optical power in each mode is reduced; therefore, the nonlinear effect excited by each mode is reduced; the total nonlinear effect is inhibited; the nonlinear tolerance of
optical fiber transmission is improved in the
optical fiber link transmission; and thus, the
signal transmission quality and distance are improved.