A wireless communication apparatus having a plurality of antennas for transmitting a known symbol by using a plurality of subcarriers to a receiver, the known symbol including known information, the apparatus includes each of the subcarriers which carries the known information being classified into at least two groups, and a phase control unit configure to control inversion/non-inversion of a phase of the known information carried on two subcarriers which belong to the same group in accordance with notification information to be notified to the receiver.