Patent ID: 8396071

Claim:
A transmission apparatus comprising: a synchronization channel signal generation portion configured to generate a synchronization channel signal; a broadcast channel signal generation portion configured to generate a broadcast channel signal; a paging channel signal generation portion configured to generate a paging channel signal; an L 1 /L 2 control channel signal generation portion configured to generate an L 1 /L 2 control channel signal; a data channel signal generation portion configured to generate a data channel; a multiplexing portion configured to multiplex the synchronization channel signal, the broadcast channel signal, the paging channel signal, the L 1 /L 2 control channel signal, and the data channel signal; and a transmission portion configured to transmit a signal multiplexed by the multiplexing portion, wherein a variable-width system band is divided into a plurality of frequency blocks, each of which is comprised of a plurality of continuous sub-carriers, in the multiplexing portion, and wherein the multiplexing portion multiplexes the synchronization channel signal and the broadcast channel signal in a plurality of frequency blocks whose number is determined so that a width of the plurality of the frequency blocks is smaller than the smallest width among widths of corresponding variable bands, regardless of the width of the system band, the plurality of the frequency blocks including a center frequency of the system band, and multiplexes the paging channel signal, the L 1 /L 2 control channel signal, and the data channel signal in another plurality of frequency blocks that include a frequency block including the center frequency of the system band, the number of the another plurality of the frequency blocks being greater than the number of the plurality of the frequency blocks in which the synchronization channel signal and the broadcast channel are multiplexed.