COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM

According to one embodiment, there is provided a communications system that conducts multiplex communications of main signals and at least one sub-signal via redundant routes between a transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus. The transmission apparatus includes a main signal duplication unit configured to duplicate each of the main signals to be communicated via a main signal channel, according to the number of the redundant routes, and a delay unit configured to adjust sending timings of copies of the main signal on the respective redundant routes based on the at least one sub-signal to be communicated via a sub-signal channel and transmit the copies of the main signal to the respective redundant routes. The reception apparatus includes a main signal selection unit configured to select one of the copies of the main signal communicated via the main signal channel, according to reception timings of the copies of the main signal passing through the respective redundant routes, and a sub-signal decoding unit configured to decode the at least one sub-signal communicated via the sub-signal channel based on which of the redundant routes the selected copy of the main signal has passed.