Abstract: Provided is a base station capable of searching cells of different frequencies without losing a chance of data communication by effectively performing SCH data communication. The base station (100) includes: an encoding unit (101) for encoding SCH data; a modulation unit (102) for modulating the encoded SCH data; encoding units (103-1 to 103-N) for encoding user data (#1 to #N), modulation units (104-1 to 104-N) for modulating the encoded user data (#1 to #N); a frame format setting unit (105) for setting a frame format of each frame; and an IFFT unit (106) for mapping the SCH data and the user data (#1 to #N) to sub carriers (#1 to #K) and performing IFFT to generate an OFDM symbol. The frame format setting unit (105) changes the data communication sub frame for each frame so as to change the position of the data communication section within a frame for each frame.