Patent ID: 7369621

Claim:
A radio communication mobile station apparatus comprising: a receiving section that receives one symbol transmitted from a radio communication base station apparatus; a demodulation section that demodulates the one symbol to obtain a base layer encoded string and an enhanced layer encoded string; an inspection section that performs error inspection of the base layer encoded string and the enhanced layer encoded string; a measuring section that measures reception quality of the one symbol; and a transmission section that transmits a notification signal for notifying the reception quality to the radio communication base station apparatus when one or both of the base layer encoded string and the enhanced layer encoded string have an error and that does not transmit the notification signal for notifying the reception quality to the radio communication base station apparatus when neither the base layer encoded string nor the enhanced layer encoded string has an error, wherein the radio communication base station apparatus: divides input data into base layer data and enhanced layer data and encodes the base layer data and the enhanced layer data to obtain the base layer encoded string and the enhanced layer encoded string, assigns the base layer encoded string to a higher bit of a plurality of bits forming the one symbol and the enhanced layer encoded string to a lower bit of the plurality of bits forming the one symbol to generate the one symbol, and transmits the one symbol.