A communication device performs a radio communication in an ultra wideband
with the use of the impulse radio system. The communication device
includes a receiver. The receiver is equipped with antennas, a
correlation circuit, and a CPU. The antennas receive send signals from a
transmitter. The correlation circuit detects a synchronization pulse
having a longer cycle than a highly redundant data pulse among received
signals. The CPU performs a synchronization process based on the
synchronization pulse. The CPU establishes a channel based on the
synchronization pulse, and selectively changes the antennas according to
the received signal. In the case where the receive signal has not been
received for a given period of time after the synchronization is
established correlation signals is stopped outputting to start a polling
signal. The correlation signals are output to obtain correlation of the
receive signals.