Patent ID: 7529321

Claim:
A radio digital signal receiver for receiving a broadcast signal obtained by multiplexing an 8PSK-modulating signal, a QPSK-modulating signal and a BPSK-modulating signal, the receiver comprising: means for individually detecting a received C/N ( 5 ) and a decoding error rate of a decoded digital signal ( 7 ); decision means ( 8 ) for estimating and deciding phase noise characteristics of a local oscillator in an outdoor unit connected to a receiving terminal of the radio digital signal receiver on the basis of a decoding error rate, in a burst symbol reception mode for regenerating a carrier from only the received BPSK-modulating signal the detected decoding error rate being one detected when the received C/N exceeds a first predetermined threshold value; where if the detected decoding error rate is equal to or less than a second predetermined threshold, the phase noise characteristics are determined to be fairly good, while if the detected decoding error rate exceeds the second predetermined threshold, the phase noise characteristics are determined not to be good; means ( 8 ) for selecting and switching characteristics of a carrier regenerative loop ( 1 , 3 , 6 , 9 , 10 , 2 ) on the basis of the estimated phase noise characteristics of the local oscillator in the outdoor unit, wherein the means for selecting and switching a carrier regenerative loop characteristic is adapted to operate so that (i) if it is determined by the decision means that the phase noise characteristics are fairly good, a carrier regenerative loop characteristic corresponding to a critical CNR where a noise bandwidth is made narrow is selected and (ii) if it is determined by the decision means that the phase noise characteristics are not good, a carrier regenerative loop characteristic corresponding to a critical CNR where the noise bandwidth is made large is selected; and means ( 8 ) for shifting the operation of the receiver from the burst symbol reception mode to a continuation reception mode after selecting and switching the carrier regenerative loop characteristic, the continuation reception mode allowing a carrier to be regenerated one by another from respective ones of the received 8PSK-modulating signal, QPSK-modulating signal and BPSK-modulating signal.