Disclosed are a
nonlinear equalization method and apparatus for an optical
transmission system, relating to the technical field of optical communications. The method comprises: on the basis of a specifically structured frame received, training a
noise-filtering network and a main network, wherein the
noise-filtering network is configured for tracking and filtering out time-varying
noise, and the main network is configured for static
nonlinear equalization; the specifically structured frame comprises a
reference frame, an interference frame, and a
test frame, wherein the
reference frame is configured for training the main network so as to achieve convergence of a
weight coefficient of the main network, the interference frame and the
reference frame are configured for training the noise-filtering network so as to achieve real-time convergence of the noise-filtering network, and the
test frame is configured for carrying a random service
signal and testing
system performance; performing
nonlinear equalization on the
test frame using the trained noise-filtering network and the trained main network, and outputting an equalized test frame. The present invention solves the problems of large nonlinear
equalization convergence errors and poor generalization performance caused by the introduction of time-varying noise, has good anti-noise performance and low
algorithmic complexity, and meets practical application requirements.