A wireless communication apparatus that allows channel information to be reproduced with high precision at a transmitting end without increasing feedback information amount. In this apparatus, a channel estimating part (103) uses received pilot signals to perform channel estimation for each channel. A correlation detecting part (104) uses the result of the channel estimation to obtain correlation values between the channels, thereby detecting correlation values of all channels. An amplitude/phase ratio determining part (105) determines, based on the correlation values, the quantization bit ratio of the amplitude and phase of channel information to be used when those amplitude and phase are quantized. A feedback information generating part (106) quantizes the channel information in accordance with the determined ratio of the amplitude and phase.