Patent ID: 9723568
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a terminal unit configured to alternatively receive a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal, the first signal being a signal in which a plurality of signals based on different standards are multiplexed, the second signal being one of the plurality of signals, the third signal being based on a standard different from the standards of the plurality of signals; a first-signal converting unit configured to convert the first signal or the second signal into an internal connection signal; a second-signal converting unit configured to convert the second signal or the third signal into the internal connection signal; a selector configured to perform switching such that a signal from the terminal unit is connected to the first-signal converting unit or the second-signal converting unit; and a controller configured to control the selector such that, when one of the first-signal converting unit and the second-signal converting unit is converting the second signal into the internal connection signal, the signal from the terminal unit is connected to the other signal converting unit.