Patent ID: 8000220

Claim:
A transmitting apparatus used for a system that transmits data according to a digital modulation scheme for shifting amplitude and phase, the transmitting apparatus comprising: means for mapping, for each number of bits per symbol corresponding to respective signal points of the modulation scheme, transmission data to the signal points; means for applying, in predefined order, signal point mapping to all symbols allocated to the respective signal points of the modulation scheme; means for periodically time-division multiplexing a signal point signal generated by mapping the symbols in the predefined order on a signal point signal generated by mapping the transmission data to generate a time division multiplex signal; and means for applying orthogonal modulation to the generated time division multiplex signal and transmitting orthogonal modulated carrier signal, wherein the transmitting apparatus periodically time-division multiplexes the signal in predefined order, orthogonally modulates the signal, and transmits the signal with symbols allocated to the respective signal points of the digital modulation scheme set as pilot signals.