MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THEREOF

摘要

A multi-carrier communication method and a multi-carrier communication apparatus for use in that method, wherein when code blocks produced by an error correction encoding process are arranged not only in the time axis direction but also in the frequency axis direction so as to improve the error correction rate of multi- carrier signals, such arrangement is adjusted on a code-block-by-code- block basis in accordance with the actual reception status of the multi- carrier signals. The present method comprises an encoding step for subjecting a multi-carrier signal to an error correction encoding process; a transmission step for transmitting the multi-carrier signal as subjected to the error correction encoding process; a reception step for receiving the transmitted multi-carrier signal; an analyzing step for analyzing, based on the received multi-carrier signal, the reception status; and an arrangement adjusting step for adjusting the arrangement of the code blocks produced by the error correction encoding process.