Transmission apparatus and transmission method

An transmission apparatus includes a pseudo data addition section configured to add pseudo data into transmission data for a free subcarrier of a radio frequency, an OFDM modulator subjecting the transmission data added with the pseudo data to OFDM modulation, a power amplifier amplifying power of a transmission signal of the radio frequency, the transmission signal based on an OFDM signal subjected to the OFDM modulation, an antenna radiating the amplified transmission signal by using the radio frequency; and a distortion compensation circuit compensating for a distortion characteristic of the power amplifier by correcting the OFDM signal with a distortion compensation coefficient accumulated corresponding to the power value of the OFDM signal, outputting the corrected signal for the power amplifier, and monitoring the output of the power amplifier to update the distortion compensation coefficient.