An object of the invention is to provide a
wireless communication apparatus which can correct error flexibly without
wasting consumed resources while maintaining the improvement of reliability resulted from error correction. The
wireless communication apparatus (
relay station) 12 includes a receiving antenna 41 for receiving signals transmitted from the transmission
station, a receiving RF section 42 for high-frequency amplifying the received
signal, an error correction decoding section 43 for subjecting the received
signal to the error correction decoding
processing and outputting soft decision values and decoded bits, an error detection section 44 for subjecting the
signal after the error correction decoding
processing to the hard decision
processing to detect error of the signal subjected to the hard decision processing, a switching section 45 for switching the soft decision values and the decoded bits, a re-coding section 46 for re-coding extracted ones of the soft decision values, a transmission RF section 47 for modulating the re-coded soft decision values and a transmission antenna 48 for transmitting the signal to the receiving
station.