A radio communication terminal apparatus comprising: a plurality of transformation sections , adapted to apply discrete Fourier transform processing to each of a plurality of time domain symbol sequences, each of the plurality of time domain symbol sequences corresponding to one of a plurality of layers, and to generate a plurality of frequency domain signals; and a setting section adapted to divide each of the plurality of frequency domain signals into a plurality of clusters in accordance with a cluster pattern corresponding to a modulation and coding scheme, MCS, set that is set for the plurality of frequency domain signals, wherein the radio communication terminal apparatus further comprises a precoding section adapted to multiply the plurality of frequency domain signals by respective precoding matrices to generate a plurality of precoded frequency domain signals; and a plurality of antennas (201-1, ..., 201-M) adapted to transmit the plurality of precoded frequency domain signals with MIMO transmission; wherein the cluster pattern comprises a number of clusters, a cluster size, and a cluster spacing; and the setting section is further adapted to map each of the plurality of precoded frequency domain signals to a plurality of discontinuous frequency resources by using a same cluster pattern such that the number of clusters, the cluster size, and the cluster spacing are same among the plurality of layers, wherein the setting section is adapted to map the plurality of clusters to a plurality of discontinuous frequency resources according to the cluster pattern with a narrower frequency interval between the plurality of clusters for a higher modulation level indicated in the MCS set. a plurality of transformation sections , adapted to apply discrete Fourier transform processing to each of a plurality of time domain symbol sequences, each of the plurality of time domain symbol sequences corresponding to one of a plurality of layers, and to generate a plurality of frequency domain signals; and a setting section adapted to divide each of the plurality of frequency domain signals into a plurality of clusters in accordance with a cluster pattern corresponding to a modulation and coding scheme, MCS, set that is set for the plurality of frequency domain signals, wherein the radio communication terminal apparatus further comprises a precoding section adapted to multiply the plurality of frequency domain signals by respective precoding matrices to generate a plurality of precoded frequency domain signals; and a plurality of antennas (201-1, ..., 201-M) adapted to transmit the plurality of precoded frequency domain signals with MIMO transmission; wherein the cluster pattern comprises a number of clusters, a cluster size, and a cluster spacing; and the setting section is further adapted to map each of the plurality of precoded frequency domain signals to a plurality of discontinuous frequency resources by using a same cluster pattern such that the number of clusters, the cluster size, and the cluster spacing are same among the plurality of layers, wherein the setting section is adapted to map the plurality of clusters to a plurality of discontinuous frequency resources according to the cluster pattern with a narrower frequency interval between the plurality of clusters for a higher modulation level indicated in the MCS set. <EOS>