Abstract:
In a transmission apparatus (300) that transmits an analog signal to a reception apparatus (400) that achieves timing synchronization by using an autocorrelation value of a received signal and performs frequency-domain equalization on the received signal, a mapper (301) maps frequency components of the analog signal at equally spaced discrete locations within a transmission band, and a time-division multiplexer (302) time-division multiplexes a preamble signal and the analog signal thereby generating a transmission signal, the preamble signal being a digital signal whose frequency components are continuously mapped over the transmission band.