Patent ID: 7697463

Claim:
A base station apparatus, comprising: an assigning unit which partitions a given period into a plurality of partial periods and assigns the plurality of partial periods to a plurality of terminal apparatuses, respectively, by associating the partial periods with the terminal apparatuses; and a communication unit which performs communication with the plurality of terminal apparatuses to which the respective plurality of partial periods have been assigned by said assigning unit, said assigning unit including: an estimation unit which estimates a period required from when signals are transmitted, through downlinks, respectively to the plurality of terminal apparatuses to when responses therefrom are received through uplinks; and an execution unit which assigns the plurality of terminal apparatuses to a plurality of downlink partial periods, respectively, in such a manner that a terminal apparatus whose required period estimated by the estimation unit is longer is assigned to an early downlink partial period of the plurality of downlink partial periods wherein, in the plurality of partial periods, uplink partial periods used to receive signals through uplinks continue after downlink partial periods used to transmit signals through downlinks, and which assigns the plurality of terminal apparatuses to the plurality of uplink partial periods, respectively, in the order opposite to the order assigned to the plurality of downlink partial periods.