Patent ID: 8411770

Claim:
A base station device comprising: a controller configured to select one of first and second methods to assign a plurality of subcarriers to a mobile terminal device, the first method being such that the plurality of subcarriers are non-continuously arranged the plurality of subcarriers in at least a first cluster and a second cluster where the first cluster includes a first portion of the plurality of subcarriers continuously allocated to form the first cluster and where the second cluster includes a second portion of the plurality of subcarriers continuously allocated to form the second cluster, the second method being such that the plurality of subcarriers are arranged continuously to form a single cluster of subcarriers, and the controller being configured to control a modulation scheme, a coding rate, the number of assigned subcarriers and a transmission power to be used for the mobile terminal device to transmit transmission data; and a transmitter configured to transmit, to the mobile terminal device, a first information related to the one of the first and second methods selected.