A rate matching apparatus is capable of improving the bit error rate characteristic at a data receiving end. A rate matching part (106), which serves as a rate matching apparatus, generates, from a first encoded block corresponding to N symbols (where N is an integer equal to or greater than one), a second encoded block corresponding to N+K symbols (where K is an integer equal to or greater than one). In the rate matching part (106), a to-be-divided bit-group extracting part (122) extracts, from the first encoded block, a first bit group corresponding to any of the N symbols. A dividing part (124) divides the extracted first bit group into L divided bit groups corresponding to L symbols (where L is an integer equal to or greater than two but equal to or smaller than K+1), thereby providing the second encoded block.
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