Patent ID: 8284650

Claim:
A transmitting apparatus comprising: a first OFDM modulator that generates a first OFDM modulation signal by modulating a first information signal using a first modulation scheme, the first OFDM modulation signal having a plurality of subcarriers; a second OFDM modulator that generates a second OFDM modulation signal by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, the second OFDM modulation signal having a plurality of subcarriers, and that generates a third OFDM modulation signal by changing a second position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane in which a signal point of the second OFDM modulation signal is positioned, to a third position, the third position being different from a first position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane in which a signal point of the first OFDM modulation signal is positioned; a multiplexer that generates a multiplexed signal to be transmitted in a common frequency band, by multiplexing the first OFDM modulation signal and the third modulation signal; and a transmitter that transmits the multiplexed signal.