Wireless communication apparatus and method for selecting quality-reporting sub-carrier bands based on sub-carrier band quantity information from base station

1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

a radio receiver configured to acquire, from a base station, signals and a first information indicating a fixed number identifying quantity of sub-carrier bands to be selected for channel quality reporting;

a reception quality measurer coupled to the radio receiver and configured to measure channel quality of each of a plurality of sub-carrier bands within a communication band from the received signals;

a subcarrier selector coupled to the radio receiver and configured to select sub-carrier bands from the plurality of sub-carrier bands, wherein quantity of the selected sub-carrier bands matches the quantity of sub-carrier bands identified by the fixed number indicated by the first acquired information

a modulator configured to modulate a second information indicating channel quality of the selected sub-carrier bands according to a modulation scheme and a third information indicating positions of the selected sub-carrier bands according to the modulation scheme; and

a radio transmitter configured to report to the base station the second and third modulated information.

2. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the subcarrier selector is configured to select the indicated fixed number of sub-carrier bands in descending order of measured channel quality.

3. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio transmitter is further configured to spread the second information indicating channel quality of the selected sub-carrier bands using a spreading code specific to each user, and report the spread second information.

4. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio transmitter is further configured to spread the third information indicating positions of the selected sub-carrier bands using a spreading code specific to each user, and report the spread third information.

5. A wireless communication method comprising:

acquiring, from a base station, a first information indicating a fixed number identifying quantity of sub-carrier bands to be selected for channel quality reporting;

measuring channel quality of each of a plurality of sub-carrier bands within a communication band from a received signal;

selecting sub-carrier bands from the plurality of sub-carrier bands, wherein quantity of the selected sub-carrier bands matches the quantity of sub-carrier bands identified by the fixed number indicated by the first acquired information;

modulating a second information indicating channel quality of the selected sub-carrier bands according to a modulation scheme and a third information indicating positions of the selected sub-carrier bands according to the modulation scheme; and

reporting to the base station the second and third modulated information.

6. The wireless communication method according to claim 5 , wherein the selecting selects the indicated fixed number of sub-carrier bands in descending order of measured channel quality.

7. The wireless communication method according to claim 5 , further comprising spreading the second information indicating channel quality of the selected sub-carrier bands using a spreading code specific to each user, wherein the reporting includes reporting of the spread second information.

8. The wireless communication method according to claim 5 , further comprising spreading the third information indicating positions of the selected sub-carrier bands using a spreading code specific to each user, wherein the reporting includes reporting of the spread third information.