Radio communication system includes radio transmitter containing unit
dividing transmission data into first-code blocks each having N-bit data,
unit adding error detection codes to first-code blocks, unit assigning
first-code blocks to second-code blocks each including M carriers each
having L symbols, and unit transmitting second-code blocks, and radio
receiver containing unit receiving second-code blocks, unit converting
second-code blocks into first-code blocks, based on values of M and L,
unit subjecting first-coded blocks to error correction decoding, unit
detecting error of code block of first-code blocks subjected to error
correction decoding, unit generating retransmission-request signal for
requesting retransmission of code block including error, if error is
detected, and unit transmitting retransmission-request signal, and radio
transmitter further containing unit receiving retransmission-request
signal from radio receiver, unit counting number of times of reception of
retransmission-request signal, and unit changing values of M and L in
accordance with counted number.