Patent ID: 7961811

Claim:
A radio transmission apparatus comprising: an attaching section that attaches a first guard interval or a second guard interval to a first data part comprising a plurality of symbols, wherein the attaching section is configured to: attach the first guard interval to a head of the first data part, the first guard interval including a first symbol from a first part of symbols that constitute the first data part, the first part of symbols including one or more symbols that constitute a last part of the first data part, and attach part of the second guard interval to the head of the first data part, the part of the second guard interval including a second symbol from a second part of symbols that constitute a second data part immediately after the first data part, the second part of symbols including one or more symbols that constitute a last part of the second data part, and to further attach a remainder of the second guard interval to a head of the second symbol, the remainder of the second guard interval including a third symbol from the first part of symbols that constitute the last part of the first data part; and a transmitting section that transmits a signal comprising the first data part and one of the first guard interval and the second guard interval.