A radio receiving apparatus (40, 80) comprising: a receiving section (41, 81); and a down-converting section (43, 94) adapted to down-convert a multicarrier signal; wherein the receiving section is adapted to receive the multicarrier signal, which comprises a data channel to which a first plurality of subcarriers of the multicarrier signal are assigned and a control channel to which a second plurality of subcarriers of the multicarrier signal are assigned, and wherein the second plurality of subcarriers is fewer than the first plurality of subcarriers, and wherein a center frequency of the first plurality of subcarriers is the same as a center frequency of the second plurality of subcarriers; and wherein the first plurality of subcarriers is located in two separate parts on a frequency axis, and wherein the second plurality of subcarriers is located between the two separate parts; characterized in that the data channel is received after the reception of the control channel; wherein the down-converting section (43, 94) is further adapted to use a common local frequency to down-convert the control channel and the data channel; and wherein the radio receiving apparatus further comprises: a channel selection section (46, 85) adapted to control a band pass filter (44, 83) to have a pass band to match the control channel of the received multicarrier signal and further adapted to control the band pass filter (44, 83) to have a pass band to match the data channel of the received multicarrier signal; - wherein the channel selection section (46, 85) is further adapted to control an analog-digital conversion section (45, 84) to sample the control channel at a sampling rate to match a bandwidth of the control channel; and wherein the second plurality of subcarriers is located at the center frequency so that the control channel can be received at a sampling rate that is lower than the sampling rate of the data channel. a receiving section (41, 81); and a down-converting section (43, 94) adapted to down-convert a multicarrier signal; wherein the receiving section is adapted to receive the multicarrier signal, which comprises a data channel to which a first plurality of subcarriers of the multicarrier signal are assigned and a control channel to which a second plurality of subcarriers of the multicarrier signal are assigned, and wherein the second plurality of subcarriers is fewer than the first plurality of subcarriers, and wherein a center frequency of the first plurality of subcarriers is the same as a center frequency of the second plurality of subcarriers; and wherein the first plurality of subcarriers is located in two separate parts on a frequency axis, and wherein the second plurality of subcarriers is located between the two separate parts; characterized in that the data channel is received after the reception of the control channel; wherein the down-converting section (43, 94) is further adapted to use a common local frequency to down-convert the control channel and the data channel; and wherein the radio receiving apparatus further comprises: a channel selection section (46, 85) adapted to control a band pass filter (44, 83) to have a pass band to match the control channel of the received multicarrier signal and further adapted to control the band pass filter (44, 83) to have a pass band to match the data channel of the received multicarrier signal; - wherein the channel selection section (46, 85) is further adapted to control an analog-digital conversion section (45, 84) to sample the control channel at a sampling rate to match a bandwidth of the control channel; and wherein the second plurality of subcarriers is located at the center frequency so that the control channel can be received at a sampling rate that is lower than the sampling rate of the data channel. a channel selection section (46, 85) adapted to control a band pass filter (44, 83) to have a pass band to match the control channel of the received multicarrier signal and further adapted to control the band pass filter (44, 83) to have a pass band to match the data channel of the received multicarrier signal; - wherein the channel selection section (46, 85) is further adapted to control an analog-digital conversion section (45, 84) to sample the control channel at a sampling rate to match a bandwidth of the control channel; and wherein the second plurality of subcarriers is located at the center frequency so that the control channel can be received at a sampling rate that is lower than the sampling rate of the data channel.