Patent ID: 8085661

Claim:
A control channel allocation apparatus, comprising: a memory portion that stores an identifier indicating a layer 1 control channel associated with a downlink data channel, and a physical channel parameter for transmitting information on an uplink layer 1 control channel, the identifier being related to the physical channel parameter; a physical layer parameter determination portion that determines the physical channel parameter for transmitting information on the uplink layer 1 control channel in accordance with the identifier; a layer 1 control channel generation portion that generates a layer 1 control channel indicating a decoding result of a data channel, in accordance with the determined physical channel parameter; and a transmission portion that transmits information on the generated layer 1 control channel, wherein the identifier is a channel number of the layer 1 control channel associated with the downlink data channel, and the physical channel parameter is a frequency block number used to transmit the information on the uplink layer 1 control channel.