Wireless communication base station apparatus and pilot signal disposing method

A base station apparatus that transmits a multiplex signal having a first multicarrier signal and a second multicarrier signal multiplexed in a time domain, the base station apparatus comprising:

• a generating section that generates a first pilot signal and a second pilot signal, the first pilot signal being different between a first plurality of cells, and the second pilot signal being the same between a second plurality of cells;
• and
• a mapping section that maps the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal in a two-dimensional plane representing a frequency domain and the time domain, wherein:
• the mapping section maps the first pilot signal on a first subcarrier forming the first multicarrier signal and, out of a plurality of subcarriers forming the second multicarrier signal, maps the second pilot signal on a second subcarrier in a different frequency from the first subcarrier on which the first pilot signal is mapped in the first multicarrier signal, and
• the second multicarrier signal, including the second subcarrier on which the second pilot signal is mapped, is adjacent to the first multicarrier signal in the time domain, and
• out of the plurality of subcarriers forming the second multicarrier signal, the mapping section:
• maps the second pilot signal on the second subcarrier in a first frequency that is the same every time the second pilot signal is mapped,
• out of another plurality of subcarriers forming the first multicarrier signal, maps the first pilot signal on the first subcarrier in a second frequency, the second frequency being different from the first frequency of the second subcarrier on which the second pilot signal is mapped in the second multicarrier signal, and
• changes the first subcarrier on which the first pilot signal is mapped over time.

A pilot signal mapping method performed by a base station apparatus that transmits a multiplex signal having a first multicarrier signal and a second multicarrier signal multiplexed in a time domain, the method comprising:

• mapping a first pilot signal, that is different between a first plurality of cells, on a first subcarrier forming the first multicarrier signal,
• mapping a second pilot signal, that is the same between a second plurality of cells, on a second subcarrier forming the second multicarrier signal, the second multicarrier signal not being adjacent to the first multicarrier signal in the time domain, the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal being mapped in a two-dimensional plane representing a frequency domain and the time domain,
• setting a lower transmission power for the second pilot signals when the number of the second pilot signals mapped on the frequency domain becomes larger, and
• mapping a greater number of the second pilot signals than a number of the first pilot signals in the frequency domain of one subframe, wherein:
• out of a first plurality of subcarriers forming the second multicarrier signal, mapping is performed to:
• map the second pilot signal on the second subcarrier in a first frequency that is the same every time the second pilot signal is mapped, and,
• out of a second plurality of subcarriers forming the first multicarrier signal, mapping is performed to:
• map the first pilot signal on the first subcarrier in a second frequency, the second frequency being different from the first frequency of the second subcarrier on which the second pilot signal is mapped in the second multicarrier signal, and
• change the first subcarrier on which the first pilot signal is mapped over time.

A pilot signal mapping method performed by a base station apparatus that transmits a multiplex signal having a first multicarrier signal and a second multicarrier signal multiplexed in a time domain, the method comprising:

• mapping a first pilot signal, that is different between a first plurality of cells, on a first subcarrier forming the first multicarrier signal, and
• out of a plurality of subcarriers forming the second multicarrier signal, mapping a second pilot signal, that is the same between a second plurality of cells, on a second subcarrier in a first frequency that is different from a second frequency of the first subcarrier on which the first pilot signal is mapped in the first multicarrier signal, the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal being mapped in a two-dimensional plane representing a frequency domain and the time domain, wherein
• the second multicarrier signal, including the second subcarrier on which the second pilot signal is mapped, is adjacent to the first multicarrier signal in the time domain, and
• out of the plurality of subcarriers forming the second multicarrier signal, mapping the second pilot signal on the second subcarrier in a first frequency that is the same every time the second pilot signal is mapped,
• out of another plurality of subcarriers forming the first multicarrier signal, mapping the first pilot signal on the first subcarrier in a second frequency, the second frequency being different from the first frequency of the second subcarrier on which the second pilot signal is mapped in the second multicarrier signal, and
• changing the first subcarrier on which the first pilot signal is mapped over time.