Patent Publication Number: US-9432177-B2

Title: Communication apparatus and reception method

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to a communication apparatus for receiving signals of frequency channels and a reception method thereof. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     In a communication apparatus for receiving and transmitting signals of frequency channels, a symbol clock frequency deviation, a carrier frequency deviation, or the like is corrected in signal reception individually for each frequency channel. 
     Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique relating to the compensation at a receiving side. A compensation apparatus disclosed in Patent Literature 1 determines at least one of a phase offset for a frequency channel among frequency channels and a gain offset for the frequency channel to compensate for any gain variation within a carrier. Then, the determined at least one of the phase offset and the gain offset is applied before the carrier is regenerated from the frequency channels to compensate for any undesired gain and group delay digitally. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     Patent Literature 1: National Patent Publication No. 2012-519985 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     In a communication apparatus for receiving signals of frequency channels, when the received signal in each frequency channel is buried in noise or the like, the communication apparatus estimates a correction value for a symbol clock frequency deviation or a carrier frequency deviation based on the quality of each received signal. Thus the required time depends on the received signal quality of each frequency channel. In addition, the compensation apparatus disclosed in Patent Literature 1 cannot correct the symbol clock frequency deviation or the carrier frequency deviation of each frequency channel. 
     The present disclosure is made to solve the problems described above, and an objective of the present disclosure is to reduce the time required for establishing reception synchronization in a communication apparatus for receiving signals of frequency channels. 
     Solution to Problem 
     To achieve the above objective, a communication apparatus of the present disclosure for receiving signals of frequency channels includes an oscillator, a demodulator, a deviation calculator, a quality calculator, and a correction value calculator. The oscillator outputs a reference signal having a frequency corresponding to each of the frequency channels. The demodulator demodulates a signal received in each of the frequency channels and generates a demodulated signal. The deviation calculator calculates a frequency deviation that is a difference in frequency between the demodulated signal and the reference signal in each of the frequency channels. The quality calculator calculates transmission quality of each of the frequency channels. The correction value calculator calculates, based on the frequency deviation in a frequency channel determined for the transmission quality calculated by the quality calculator, a correction value for the frequency of the reference signal in each of the frequency channels. The oscillator corrects, based on the correction value, the frequency of the reference signal, and outputs the reference signal having the corrected frequency. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     According to the present disclosure, the communication apparatus for receiving signals of frequency channels calculates, based on the frequency deviation and the correction value that have been calculated, a correction value to be used for another frequency channel, which can reduce the time required for establishing reception synchronization. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a communication apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a communication apparatus according to the first embodiment; 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a quality and correction value calculator according to the first embodiment; 
         FIG. 4  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an NCO according to the first embodiment; 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating an example of output of the NCO according to the first embodiment; 
         FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of quality and correction value calculation performed by the communication apparatus according to the first embodiment; 
         FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a communication apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 8  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a communication apparatus according to the second embodiment; and 
         FIG. 9  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of quality and correction value calculation performed by the communication apparatus according to the second embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure are described hereinafter with reference to the drawings. The same reference signs denote the same or similar portions throughout the drawings. 
     First Embodiment 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a communication apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. A communication apparatus  1  for performing transmission processing according to the first embodiment includes, for each frequency channel, a modulator  101 , a digital-to-analog (D-A) converter  102 , a frequency converter  103 , and a numerical controlled oscillator (NCO)  110 . The communication apparatus  1  also includes an adder  104 , a transmitter  105 , and a master clock  106 . The number of frequency channels is given as n in this embodiment. The communication apparatus  1  receives an input signal corresponding to each of the frequency channels CH 1 , CH 2 , . . . , CHn. 
     Each input signal is modulated by the modulator  101 , digital-to-analog converted by the D-A converter  102 , and frequency-converted by the frequency converter  103  in accordance with a transmission frequency of each frequency channel. The frequency-converted input signals are combined by the adder  104  to be output as a modulated wave. The transmitter  105  transmits the modulated wave to another communication apparatus. 
     The modulator  101  and the D-A converter  102  each can use a signal obtained by multiplying or dividing the frequency of a reference signal. For example, the modulator  101  performs modulation based on a symbol clock having a frequency that is obtained by dividing the frequency of the reference signal, and the D-A converter  102  performs digital-to-analog conversion using a sampling clock having a frequency that is obtained by multiplying the frequency of the reference signal. The frequency of the symbol clock and the transmission frequency are different for each frequency channel. The NCO  110  generates a symbol clock based on a signal from the master clock  106 . 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a communication apparatus according to the first embodiment. A communication apparatus  2  for performing reception processing includes a receiver  201 , a master clock  207 , and a quality and correction value calculator  210 . The communication apparatus  2  also includes, for each frequency channel, a frequency converter  202 , an analog-to-digital (A-D) converter  203 , a demodulator  204 , a bit timing recovery (BTR)  205 , and an NCO  206 . 
     The receiver  201  receives the modulated wave with noise added thereto in a transmission path and sends the received signal to each frequency converter  202 . The received signal is frequency-converted by the frequency converter  202  into a baseband signal in accordance with the reception frequency of each frequency channel, analog-to-digital converted by the A-D converter  203 , and demodulated by the demodulator  204 . The demodulator  204  sends the demodulated signal to the quality and correction value calculator  210  and the BTR  205 . The A-D converter  203  and the demodulator  204  each can use a signal obtained by multiplying or dividing the frequency of a reference signal. For example, the A-D converter  203  performs analog-to-digital conversion using a sampling clock having a frequency that is obtained by multiplying the frequency of the reference signal, and the demodulator  204  performs demodulation based on the symbol clock having a frequency that is obtained by dividing the frequency of the reference signal. 
     The BTR  205  calculates a symbol clock frequency deviation that is a difference between a frequency (symbol rate) of the demodulated signal and a frequency of a symbol clock output by the corresponding NCO  206 , and sends the symbol clock frequency deviation to the quality and correction value calculator  210 . The NCO  206  operates as an oscillator for outputting a reference signal having a frequency corresponding to each of the channels, and generates a symbol clock based on a signal from the master clock  207 . The BTR  205  operates, in each of the channels, as a deviation calculator for calculating a frequency deviation that is a difference in frequency between the demodulated signal and the symbol clock that is the reference signal. 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a quality and correction value calculator according to the first embodiment. The quality and correction value calculator  210  receives demodulated signals D_ 1 , D_ 2 , . . . , D_n and symbol clock frequency deviations FD_ 1 , FD_ 2 , . . . , FD_n in each of the frequency channels CH 1 , CH 2 , . . . , CHn. The quality and correction value calculator  210  includes, correspondingly to each frequency channel, a synchronization determiner  211  and a bit error rate (BER) calculator  212 . The quality and correction value calculator  210  also includes a comparator  213  and a correction value calculator  214 . 
     The synchronization determiner  211  determines whether synchronization of the demodulated signal is established, and when the synchronization is established, sends the demodulated signal to the BER calculator  212 . The BER calculator  212  calculates a pseudo BER of the demodulated signal with the synchronization established, and sends the pseudo BER to the comparator  213 . The comparator  213  sends, to the correction value calculator  214 , information about an evaluation scale defined for transmission quality. For example, the comparator  213  detects a frequency channel having the lowest pseudo BER in a most recent determined period, that is, the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality in the most recent determined period, and sends the information about the frequency channel to the correction value calculator  214 . The synchronization determiner  211 , the BER calculator  212 , and the comparator  213  cooperate to operate as a quality calculator for calculating the transmission quality of each of the frequency channels. 
     The correction value calculator  214  calculates a correction value for a symbol clock frequency in each frequency channel, based on the symbol clock frequency deviation in the frequency channel determined according to the transmission quality. For example, the correction value calculator  214  calculates a correction value CV_ 1 , CV_ 2 , . . . , CV_n for the symbol clock frequency in each frequency channel, based on the symbol clock frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality, and sends the correction value to the NCO  206  corresponding to each frequency channel. The NCO  206  corrects, based on the correction value, the frequency of the symbol clock, and outputs the symbol clock having the corrected frequency. The process of correcting the symbol clock frequency deviation is described in more detail hereinafter. 
     A symbol clock frequency Fst i  at the transmitting side of a frequency channel CHi is represented by the following equation (1), where n is the number of the frequency channels and i is a natural number ranging from 1 to n. The same applies to the following description. In the following equation (1), Fct is a clock frequency of the master clock  106 , p is the number of bits of resolution of the NCO  110 , and Kt i  is a step value in the NCO  110 , for determining the symbol clock frequency Fst i  at the transmitting side of the frequency channel CHi. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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       FIG. 4  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the NCO according to the first embodiment. The NCO  110  includes an adder  111  and a delayer  112 . The step value Kt i  is accumulated in response to the clock timing of the master clock  106 , and the accumulation is reset when reaching p bits.  FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating an example of output of the NCO according to the first embodiment. The repetition frequency of the output value of the NCO  110  is the symbol clock frequency Fst i  at the transmitting side. 
     Similarly, a symbol clock frequency Fsr i  at the receiving side of the frequency channel CHi is represented by the following equation (2). In the equation (2), Fcr is a clock frequency of the master clock  207 , p is the number of bits of resolution of the NCO  206 , and Kr i  is a step value in the NCO  206 , for determining the symbol clock frequency at the receiving side of the frequency channel CHi. The configuration of the NCO  206  is similar to that of the NCO  110  as illustrated in  FIG. 4 . 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     A symbol clock frequency deviation ΔFs i  calculated by the BTR  205  corresponding to the frequency channel CHi is represented by the following equation (3). Since the step values for determining the symbol clock frequency are the same at the receiving and transmitting sides in the same frequency channel, it is assumed that Kr i =Kt i =K i   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     The symbol clock frequency deviation ΔFs i  in the frequency channel CHi is determined by the clock frequency Fct of the master clock  106  at the transmitting side, the clock frequency Fcr of the master clock  207  at the receiving side, and a step value K i  for determining the symbol clock frequency. The symbol clock frequency deviation ΔFs i  varies for each frequency channel. 
     As an example, a situation in which the frequency channel CHn is a channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality is described hereinafter. As described above, the comparator  213  notifies the correction value calculator  214  that the frequency channel having the lowest pseudo BER is the frequency channel CHn. The symbol clock frequency deviation ΔFs n  calculated by the BTR  205  corresponding to the frequency channel CHn is represented by the following equation (4). 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     A symbol clock frequency deviation ΔFs m  of a frequency channel CHm is represented by the following equation (5) using the symbol clock frequency deviation of the frequency channel CHn and the step value for determining the symbol clock frequency. Specifically, the symbol clock frequency deviation of each frequency channel is calculated based on the symbol clock frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality and the step value for determining the symbol clock frequency. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     The correction value calculator  214  calculates the symbol clock frequency deviation of each frequency channel, based on the symbol clock frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality and the step value for determining the symbol clock frequency, and sends the symbol clock frequency deviation as a correction value to each NCO  206 . In the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality, the correction value matches the output of the BTR  205 . 
     The symbol clock frequency deviation of each frequency channel can be calculated, independently of the transmission quality in each frequency channel, based on the symbol clock frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality. This can, for example, improve initial pull-in accuracy and reduce the time required for establishing reception synchronization. 
       FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the quality and correction value calculation performed by the communication apparatus according to the first embodiment. The synchronization determiner  211  determines whether synchronization of a demodulated signal is established (step S 110 ). The BER calculator  212  calculates a pseudo BER of the demodulated signal with the synchronization established (step S 120 ). The comparator  213  detects a frequency channel having the lowest pseudo BER (step S 130 ). The correction value calculator  214  calculates a correction value CV_ 1 , CV_ 2 , . . . , CV_n for the symbol clock frequency in each frequency channel, based on the symbol clock frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the lowest pseudo BER (step S 140 ). The correction value calculator  214  outputs the correction value CV_ 1 , CV_ 2 , . . . , CV_n (step S 150 ). The communication apparatus  2  repeats this process at a determined interval. 
     As described above, the communication apparatus  2  according to the first embodiment calculates, based on the frequency deviation and the correction value that have been calculated, a correction value to be used for another frequency channel, and can reduce the time required for establishing reception synchronization. 
     Second Embodiment 
       FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a communication apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure. A communication apparatus  1  for performing transmission processing according to the second embodiment includes, for each frequency channel, a modulator  101 , a frequency converter  113 , and an NCO  114 . The communication apparatus  1  also includes an adder  115 , a D-A converter  116 , a multiplier  117 , master clocks  106  and  118 , and a transmitter  105 . The communication apparatus  1  receives an input signal corresponding to each of the frequency channels CH 1 , CH 2 , . . . , CHn. 
     Each input signal is modulated by the modulator  101  and sent to the frequency converter  113 . Frequency allocation of each frequency channel is determined so that a difference between the frequency of each frequency channel and the transmission center frequency is different for each frequency channel. In the frequency converter  113 , the input signal is frequency-converted into a set frequency that is set according to the frequency allocation of each frequency channel. The set frequency used in the frequency converter  113  is determined based on the frequency of an output signal of the NCO  114 . The NCO  114  outputs a signal based on a signal from the master clock  106 . 
     The frequency-converted input signals are combined by the adder  115  and digital-to-analog converted by the D-A converter  116  to be output as a modulated wave. The modulated wave is frequency-converted by the multiplier  117  into a transmission frequency band. The frequency conversion to the transmission frequency band is performed based on the clock frequency of the master clock  118 . The transmitter  105  sends, to another communication apparatus, the modulated wave frequency-converted into the transmission frequency band. 
       FIG. 8  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a communication apparatus according to the second embodiment. A communication apparatus  2  for performing reception processing includes a receiver  201 , a multiplier  215 , master clocks  207  and  216 , an A-D converter  217 , and a quality and correction value calculator  210 . The communication apparatus  2  also includes, for each frequency channel, a frequency converter  218 , a demodulator  204 , an automatic frequency control (AFC)  219 , and an NCO  220 . 
     The receiver  201  receives a signal frequency-converted by a satellite transponder and having noises added in the transmission path. The received signal is frequency-converted from the reception frequency band to a baseband signal band by the multiplier  215 . The frequency conversion to the baseband signal band is performed based on the clock frequency of the master clock  216 . The received signal frequency-converted to the baseband signal band is analog-to-digital converted by the A-D converter  217 . The digitally-converted received signal is sent to each frequency converter  218 , frequency-converted into a set frequency at the receiving side that is set according to the frequency allocation of each frequency channel, and sent to each demodulator  204  so as to be demodulated by the demodulator  204 . The set frequency at the receiving side used in the frequency converter  218  is determined based on the frequency of an output signal of the NCO  220 . The demodulator  204  sends the demodulated signal to the quality and correction value calculator  210  and the AFC  219 . 
     The demodulated signal received by the AFC  219  includes the carrier frequency deviation accumulated by the master clock  118  at the transmitting side, the satellite transponder, and the master clock  216 . The AFC  219  calculates a carrier frequency deviation that is a difference between the frequency of the demodulated signal (the carrier frequency for each frequency channel) and a frequency of the output signal of the corresponding NCO  220 , and sends the carrier frequency deviation to the quality and correction value calculator  210 . The NCO  220  operates as an oscillator for outputting a reference signal having a frequency corresponding to each of the frequency channels, and generates a signal based on a signal from the master clock  207 . The AFC  219  operates, in each of the frequency channels, as a deviation calculator for calculating a frequency deviation that is a difference in frequency between the demodulated signal and the output signal of the NCO  220  that is the reference signal. 
     The configuration example of the quality and correction value calculator  210  according to the second embodiment is similar to that of the quality and correction value calculator  210  according to the first embodiment as illustrated in  FIG. 3 . Similarly to the first embodiment, the synchronization determiner  211  determines whether synchronization of a demodulated signal is established, and the BER calculator  212  calculates a pseudo BER of the demodulated signal with the synchronization established, and sends the pseudo BER to the comparator  213 . The comparator  213  detects a frequency channel having the lowest pseudo BER, that is, the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality and a frequency channel having the second lowest pseudo BER, that is, the second best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality, and sends the information about the detected frequency channels to the correction value calculator  214 . 
     The correction value calculator  214  calculates a correction value CV_ 1 , CV_ 2 , . . . , CV_n for the frequency of the output signal of the NCO  220  in each frequency channel, based on the carrier frequency deviation in a frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality and based on a difference between the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality and the carrier frequency deviation in a frequency having the second best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality, and sends the correction value to the NCO  220  corresponding to each frequency channel. The NCO  220  corrects, based on the correction value, the frequency of the signal and outputs the signal having the corrected frequency. A process for correcting the carrier frequency deviation is described in more detail hereinafter. 
     A set frequency Fft i  at the transmitting side of a frequency channel CHi is represented by the following equation (6). In the following equation (6), Fct is a clock frequency of the master clock  106 , q is the number of bits of resolution of the NCO  114 , and Jt i  is a step value in the NCO  114 , for determining the set frequency Fft i  at the transmitting side of the frequency channel CHi. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     Similarly, a set frequency Ffr i  at the receiving side of the frequency channel CHi is represented by the following equation (7). In the equation (7), Fcr is a clock frequency of the master clock  207 , q is the number of bits of resolution of the NCO  220 , and Jr i  is a step value in the NCO  220 , for determining the set frequency Ffr i  at the receiving side of the frequency channel CHi. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     A carrier frequency deviation ΔFf i  calculated by the AFC  219  corresponding to the frequency channel CHi is represented by the following equation (8). Fd is a carrier frequency deviation accumulated by the master clock  118 , the satellite transponder, and the master clock  216 . Since the step values for determining the set frequency are the same at the transmitting and receiving sides in the same frequency channel, it is assumed that Jr i =Jt i =J i . 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     The carrier frequency deviation ΔFf i  in the frequency channel CHi is determined by a clock frequency Fct of the master clock  106  at the transmitting side, the clock frequency Fcr of the master clock  207  at the receiving side, and a step value J i  for determining the carrier frequency. The carrier frequency deviation ΔFf i  varies for each frequency channel. Fd is the same value for all the frequency channels. 
     As an example, a situation in which the frequency channel CH 1  is a channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality and the frequency channel CH 2  is a channel having the second best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality is described hereinafter. The carrier frequency deviations ΔFf 1  and ΔFf 2  calculated by the AFCs  219  corresponding to the frequency channels CH 1  and CH 2  are represented by the following equation (9). 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     A difference ΔFf 2   _   1  between the carrier frequency deviations ΔFf 1  and ΔFf 2  is represented by the following equation (10). The difference between the step values J 2  and J 1  is designated as ΔJ 2   _   1 . 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     A difference ΔFf n   _   1  between the carrier frequency deviation of the frequency channel CHn and the carrier frequency deviation of the frequency channel CH 1  is represented by the following equation (11). The difference between the step values J n  and J 1  is designated as ΔJ n   _   1 . 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     The carrier frequency deviation ΔFf n  of the frequency channel CHn is represented by the following equation (12), using the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel CH 1 , the difference between the carrier frequency deviations of the frequency channels CH 1  and CH 2 , and the step value for determining the carrier frequency. Specifically, the carrier frequency deviation of each frequency channel is calculated by the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality, the difference between the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality and the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the second best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality, and the step value for determining the carrier frequency. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     The correction value calculator  214  calculates the carrier frequency deviation of each frequency channel, based on the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality, the difference between the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality and the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the second best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality, and the step value for determining the carrier frequency, and sends the carrier frequency deviation as a correction value to each NCO  220 . In the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality, the correction value matches the output of the AFC  219 . 
     The carrier frequency deviation of each frequency channel can be calculated, independently of the transmission quality in each frequency channel, based on the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality and the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the second best value of the evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality. This can, for example, improve initial pull-in accuracy and reduce the time required for establishing reception synchronization. 
       FIG. 9  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of quality and correction value calculation performed by the communication apparatus according to the second embodiment. The processing in steps S 110  and S 120  is similar to the processing performed by the communication apparatus  2  according to the first embodiment as illustrated in  FIG. 6 . The comparator  213  detects a frequency channel having the lowest pseudo BER and a frequency channel having the second lowest pseudo BER (step S 131 ). The correction value calculator  214  calculates a correction value CV_ 1 , CV_ 2 , . . . , CV_n for the frequency of the output signal of the NCO  220  in each frequency channel, based on the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the lowest pseudo BER and the carrier frequency deviation in the frequency channel having the second lowest pseudo BER (step S 141 ). The correction value calculator  214  outputs the correction value CV_ 1 , CV_ 2 , . . . , CV_n (step S 151 ). The communication apparatus  2  repeats this process at a determined interval. 
     As described above, the communication apparatus  2  according to the second embodiment calculates, based on the frequency deviation and the correction value that have been calculated, a correction value to be used for another frequency channel, and can reduce the time required for establishing reception synchronization. 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the above described embodiments. The evaluation scale defined for the transmission quality is not limited to the pseudo BER, and measured jitter or slips, for example, can be used as an evaluation scale. 
     The present disclosure can be embodied in various ways and can undergo various modifications without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the disclosure. Moreover, the embodiments described above are for explaining the present disclosure, and do not limit the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, the scope of the present disclosure is as set forth in the Claims and not the embodiments. Various changes and modifications that are within the scope disclosed in the claims or that are within a scope that is equivalent to the claims of the disclosure are also included within the scope of the present disclosure. 
     This application claims the benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-83441, filed on Apr. 12, 2013, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein. 
     REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 
     
         
           1 ,  2  Communication apparatus 
           101  Modulator 
           102 ,  116  D-A converter 
           103 ,  113 ,  202 ,  218  Frequency converter 
           104 ,  111 ,  115  Adder 
           105  Transmitter 
           106 ,  118 ,  207 ,  216  Master clock 
           110 ,  114 ,  206 ,  220  Numerical controlled oscillator (NCO) 
           112  Delayer 
           117 ,  215  Multiplier 
           201  Receiver 
           203 ,  217  A-D converter 
           204  Demodulator 
           205  Bit timing recovery (BTR) 
           210  Quality and correction value calculator 
           211  Synchronization determiner 
           212  BER calculator 
           213  Comparator 
           214  Correction value calculator 
           219  Automatic frequency control (AFC)