A transmission apparatus repeatedly inserts reference
signal sequences into a transmission
signal sequence at different timings, and converts the transmission
signal sequence, into which the reference signal sequences are inserted, into an optical signal. The reception apparatus includes a detection unit, a waveform
equalization unit, and a
signal quality measurement unit. The detection unit receives the optical signal transmitted through an optical
transmission line, and converts the received optical signal into a reception signal of an electrical signal. The waveform
equalization unit performs waveform
equalization on the reception signal converted into the electrical signal. The
signal quality calculation unit extracts a reception signal sequence set in each section corresponding to the reference signal sequence from the received
signal on which waveform equalization performed. For each combination of different sections, the
signal quality calculation unit calculates a
mean square error between the mean of the reception signal sequences set in the sections included in a combination and the reference signal sequence, and calculates a signal-to-
noise ratio and a signal-to-
distortion ratio of the reception signal using the
mean square error calculated for each combination.