Transmitter, receiver, transmission method, and reception method

1. A transmission apparatus comprising:

circuitry, which, in operation, maps a phase tracking reference signal onto a subcarrier, which is determined by using an index for identification of a mobile station and on which a demodulation reference signal is mapped, a precoding applied to the demodulation reference signal being the same as a precoding applied to the phase tracking reference signal; and

a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits a signal containing the phase tracking reference signal.

2. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the phase tracking reference signal is mapped onto a subcarrier determined by using either an index for identification of a cell or group, or higher layer signaling.

3. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the phase tracking reference signal is subjected to frequency hopping every unit time.

4. The transmission apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the phase tracking reference signal is subjected to a hopping offset determined by using either an index for identification of a cell, group, or mobile station, or a time-domain index.

5. The transmission apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the time-domain index is a symbol number, a slot number, a minislot number, a subframe number, or a frame number.

6. The transmission apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein a plurality of the hopping offsets against a plurality of the phase tracking reference signals that are transmitted from a plurality of antenna ports, respectively, are identical.

7. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry, in operation, maps, at regular spacings in a frequency domain, a plurality of the phase tracking reference signals transmitted at a given time.

8. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry, in operation, maps, at irregular spacings in a frequency domain, a plurality of the phase tracking reference signals transmitted at a given time.

9. The transmission apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry, in operation, performs frequency hopping in a whole band assigned to the mobile station and maps the plurality of the phase tracking reference signals onto any subcarriers within the whole band.

10. The transmission apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the mobile station is assigned a band divided into a plurality of partial bands,

the circuitry, in operation, maps any one of the plurality of the phase tracking reference signals onto a corresponding one of the plurality of partial bands and performs frequency hopping on the phase tracking reference signal within the corresponding partial band.

11. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where there is coordination among cells, the circuitry, in operation, maps, at regular spacings in a frequency domain, a plurality of the phase tracking reference signals that are transmitted at a given time and, in a case where there is no coordination among the cells, maps the plurality of the phase tracking reference signals at irregular spacings in the frequency domain.

12. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the phase tracking reference signal is mapped onto a different subcarrier for each cell, group, or mobile station.

13. A transmission method comprising:

mapping a phase tracking reference signal onto a subcarrier, which is determined by using an index for identification of a mobile station and on which a demodulation reference signal is mapped, a precoding applied to the demodulation reference signal being the same as a precoding applied to the phase tracking reference signal; and

transmitting a signal containing the phase tracking reference signal.