Patent ID: 8369806

Claim:
A radio transmitting apparatus that is configured to transmit, in a single carrier transmission system, a plurality of data symbols that are included in a data part and arranged between a front end and a rear end of the data part, the radio transmitting apparatus comprising: an arranging section that is configured to arrange the plurality of data symbols to map at least one data symbol including ACK/NACK information from the rear end of the data part; and a transmitting section that is configured to transmit, during a cyclic prefix period, one or more data symbols including data that is the same as data included in a portion of the plurality of data symbols, the portion ranging from the rear end of the data part and corresponding to the cyclic prefix period to thereby contain said at least one data symbol including ACK/NACK information, the transmitting section being further configured to transmit the plurality of data symbols in the data part after the cyclic prefix period; to thereby transmit, during the cyclic prefix period, said one or more data symbols including data that is the same as data included in the portion containing said at least one data symbol including ACK/NACK information, and to transmit, during transmission of the portion, said at least one data symbol including ACK/NACK information, such that ACK/NACK information is transmitted twice by the radio transmitting apparatus within a combination including a data part and a cyclic prefix period that precedes the data part.