Notification information generating apparatus, communication apparatus, notification information generating method and program

1. A notification information generating apparatus, comprising:

a notification information generator that generates notification information which is notified to a base station apparatus from a terminal apparatus and which is based on channel quality information obtained from a reception state of each channel in the terminal apparatus in a communication scheme for performing communication using a plurality of channels,

wherein, upon receiving a transmission frame including a first channel of the plurality of channels, the notification information generator generates notification information of the first channel based on the channel quality information of the first channel,

a difference value is calculated between the channel quality information of the first channel and channel quality information of a second channel in the transmission frame;

a single candidate value corresponding to the calculated difference value is selected from a plurality of previously-determined difference-value candidate values each indicating a difference between two indications of channel quality information, and

the notification information generator generates notification information of the second channel based on the selected candidate value.

2. The notification information generating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel is a channel that is used as a starting point in notification information generation, and the second channel is a channel that is not used as a starting point in notification information generation.

3. A notification information generating apparatus that generates notification information which is notified to a base station apparatus from a terminal apparatus and which is based on channel quality information obtained from a reception state of each channel in the terminal apparatus in a communication scheme for performing communication using a plurality of channels, the apparatus comprising:

a notification information generator that, upon receiving a transmission frame that includes a first channel, generates notification information of the first channel based on the channel quality information of the first channel,

a notification information table that stores a plurality of previously-determined difference-value candidate values each indicating a difference value between two prospective indications of channel quality information, as candidate values for notification information for a second channel in the received transmission frame,

a reconstructing section that generates a reconstruction value using the notification information of the first channel, and

a selecting section which receives the channel quality information of the second channel, and selects a single candidate value from the notification table for the notification information of the second channel based on a difference value between the channel quality information of the second channel and the reconstruction value.

4. The notification information generating apparatus according to claim 3 wherein

the notification information table additionally stores a plurality of non-difference value candidate values each indicating channel quality information, as candidate values for the notification information.

5. The notification information generating apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the selecting section selects the single candidate value based on a difference value between the channel quality information of the second channel and the reconstruction value, and the channel quality information of the second channel.

6. The notification information generating apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a notification information table that stores the plurality of previously-determined difference-value candidate values,

a storing section that stores the channel quality information of the first channel generated as the notification information of the first channel for use in the difference value calculation, and

a selecting section which receives the channel quality information of the second channel differing from channel quality information of the first channel, performs the selection of the single candidate value.

7. The notification information generating apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein based on the received channel quality information, the selecting section changes one of the difference-value candidate values to update the notification information table.

8. The notification information generating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the channel quality information is m-bit information, and

the notification information is n-bit (n<m) information.

9. The notification information generating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the channel quality information of the first or second channel is a modulation parameter selected based on information indicating propagation path conditions of the communication.

10. The notification information generating apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the modulation parameter is any one of a modulation scheme, a channel coding rate, and a combination of the modulation scheme and the channel coding rate.

11. A communication apparatus that performs communication using a plurality of channels, comprising:

the notification information generating apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

a transmitting section that transmits the notification information generated in the notification information generating apparatus to a communicating party.

12. The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the communication apparatus concurrently transmits a plurality of pieces of notification information respectively generated on the first channel and the second channel to the communicating party.

13. A notification information generating method for generating notification information which is notified to a base station apparatus from a terminal apparatus based on channel quality information obtained from a reception state of each channel in the terminal apparatus in a communication scheme for performing communication using a plurality of channels, the method comprising:

generating notification information on a first channel based on the channel quality information of the first channel, and

with respect to channel quality of a second channel in a same transmission frame as that of the first channel, selecting a single candidate value, based on a calculated difference from the channel quality information of the first channel, from a plurality of previously-determined difference-value candidate values each indicating a difference between two indications of channel quality information, the selected candidate value corresponding to the calculated difference between the channel qualities of the first and second channels, and

generating the notification information of the second channel based on the selected candidate value.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for generating notification information when executed, the instructions comprising:

generating notification information of a first channel based on channel quality information for the first channel obtained from a reception state of the first channel in a transmission frame having a plurality of channels in a terminal apparatus in a communication scheme for performing communication using a plurality of channels,

calculating a difference value between the channel quality information of the first channel and channel quality information of a second channel in the transmission frame;

selecting a single candidate value from a plurality of previously-determined difference-value candidate values each indicating a difference between two indications of channel quality information, the selected candidate value corresponding to the calculated difference value; and

generating notification information of the second channel based on the selected candidate value.

15. The notification information generating apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a reconstructing section that generates a reconstruction value using the notification information generated based on the channel quality information of the first channel, and

a selecting section which receives the channel quality information of the second channel differing from the first channel, selects a single candidate value from the candidate values for the notification information based on a difference value between the channel quality information of the second channel and the reconstruction value, and generates the notification information based on the selected candidate value, and wherein

the notification information generating apparatus includes a notification information table that stores the plurality of predetermined difference-value candidate values and a plurality of non-difference value candidate values each indicating channel quality information, as candidate values for the notification information.