An
optical power distribution
estimation device includes: a partial
wavelength dispersion application unit that applies, to a
signal, partial
wavelength dispersion corresponding to a distance from an optical transmission device to an
optical power measurement position; a nonlinear operation unit that performs, on the
signal to which the partial
wavelength dispersion has been applied, nonlinear operation using a
linear term obtained by Taylor-expanding a mathematical expression used for
phase rotation; a
residual dispersion application unit that applies residual wavelength dispersion corresponding to a distance from the
optical power measurement position to an optical reception device to the
signal subjected to the nonlinear operation by the nonlinear operation unit; and a correlation calculation unit that estimates an optical power distribution of an optical
transmission line by obtaining, for each optical power measurement position, a correlation between the signal to which the residual wavelength dispersion has been applied and a reception signal based on an optical signal transmitted from the optical transmission device and received via the optical
transmission line.