Patent ID: 8289855

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: a remote apparatus interface unit connected to a remote apparatus via a reception link and a transmission link and detects via the reception link a reception signal from the remote apparatus, and configured to control signal transmission via the transmission link to the remote apparatus according to an instruction; a signal processing unit that is coupled to the remote apparatus interface unit and is configured to detect a fault notification signal, transmitted from the remote apparatus, indicating a reception fault at the remote apparatus; and an apparatus controller coupled to the remote apparatus interface unit and the signal processing unit, wherein the apparatus controller includes: a determination unit that determines whether or not the remote apparatus has a function to transmit a fault notification signal; and a notification controller that, upon detection of a fault in the reception link, performs control of a fault notification operation, which is different from a control of the function to transmit a fault notification signal, for the remote apparatus interface unit when it is determined that the remote apparatus does not have the function to transmit a fault notification signal.