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1-8. (canceled)
9. A radio transmitting apparatus comprising:
a determining section that, using a first transport format, the first transport format comprising a combination of parameters including a transport block size, number of resource blocks to allocate, modulation scheme and coding rate for first data, and information about second data to be transmitted with the first data, determines a second transport format in which one of the parameters of the first transport format has a different value; and
a transmitting section that transmits the first data and the second data using the transport block size, number of resource blocks to allocate, modulation scheme and coding rate associated with the second transport format determined.
10. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first data comprises user data.
11. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the second data comprises one or a plurality of pieces of control data.
12. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a storage section that stores the first transport format and the second transport format associated with a combination of the second data to be transmitted together with the first data,
wherein the determining section determines the second transport format with reference to the storage section.
13. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein, in the parameters of the first transport format employed in the second transport format, the value of the transport block size is different from that first transport format.
14. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein, in the parameters of the first transport format employed in the second transport format, the value of one of a coding rate of an error correcting code and an M-ary modulation value, is different from that first transport format.
15. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein, in the second transport format, the number of redundant bits or a redundant bit selection pattern at a time of retransmission in a hybrid automatic repeat request system, changes according to a combination of the second data.
16. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first transport format is selected based on information received from another transmitting apparatus.
17. A radio transmission method comprising:
a determining step of, using a first transport format, the first transport format comprising a combination of parameters including a transport block size, number of resource blocks to allocate, modulation scheme and coding rate for first data, and information about second data to be transmitted with the first data, determining a second transport format in which one of the parameters of the first transport format has a different value; and
a transmitting step of transmitting the first data and the second data using the transport block size, number of resource blocks to allocate, modulation scheme and coding rate associated with the second transport format determined.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object:
a first lens group having negative refractive power;
a second lens group having positive refractive power;
a third lens group having negative refractive power; and
a fourth lens group having positive refractive power;
when a state of lens group positions varies from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, the second lens group, the third lens group and the fourth lens group being moved to the object such that a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group increases, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group decreases,
the first lens group being composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens,
the second lens group being composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens,
the third lens group being composed of a single lens,
the fourth lens group being composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, and
the following conditional expression being satisfied:
\u22123.00<f3f4<\u22120.60

where f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens group, and f4 denotes a focal length of the fourth lens group.
2. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
1.70<Bfwfw

where Bfw denotes a back focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
3. The zoom lens system according to claim 2, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
\u22122.00<f1fw<\u22121.00

where f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
4. The zoom lens system according to claim 2, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
1.00<mv4fw<3.00

where mv4 denotes a moving amount of the fourth lens group upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
5. The zoom lens system according to claim 2, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.40<(dif34\u2212dif23)dis24w<1.30

where dif23 denotes a value subtracted a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group in the telephoto end state from a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group in the wide-angle end state, dif34 denotes a value subtracted a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group in the telephoto end state from a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group in the wide-angle end state, and dis24w denotes a distance along the optical axis between the most image side lens surface in the second lens group and the most object side lens surface in the fourth lens group in the wide-angle end state.
6. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
\u22122.00<f1fw<\u22121.00

Where f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
7. The zoom lens system according to claim 6, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
1.00<mv4fw<3.00

where mv4 denotes a moving amount of the fourth lens group upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
8. The zoom lens system according to claim 6, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.40<(dif34\u2212dif23)dis24w<1.30

where dif23 denotes a value subtracted a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group in the telephoto end state from a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group in the wide-angle end state, dif34 denotes a value subtracted a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group in the telephoto end state from a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group in the wide-angle end state, and dis24w denotes a distance along the optical axis between the most image side lens surface in the second lens group and the most object side lens surface in the fourth lens group in the wide-angle end state.
9. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
1.00<mv4fw<3.00

where mv4 denotes a moving amount of the fourth lens group upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
10. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.40<(dif34\u2212dif23)dis24w<1.30

where dif23 denotes a value subtracted a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group in the telephoto end state from a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group in the wide-angle end state, dif34 denotes a value subtracted a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group in the telephoto end state from a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group in the wide-angle end state, and dis24w denotes a distance along the optical axis between the most image side lens surface in the second lens group and the most object side lens surface in the fourth lens group in the wide-angle end state.
11. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, wherein an aperture stop is disposed in the vicinity of the third lens group.
12. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, wherein the first lens group includes at least one aspherical surface.
13. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object:
a first lens group having negative refractive power;
a second lens group having positive refractive power;
a third lens group having negative refractive power; and
a fourth lens group having positive refractive power;
when a state of lens group positions varies from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, the second lens group, the third lens group and the fourth lens group being moved to the object such that a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group increases, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group decreases,
the first lens group being composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens,
the second lens group being composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens,
the third lens group being composed of a single lens,
the fourth lens group being composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, and
the following conditional expression being satisfied:
1.70<Bfwfw

where Bfw denotes a back focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
14. The zoom lens system according to claim 13, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
\u22122.00<f1fw<\u22121.00

where f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
15. The zoom lens system according to claim 13, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
1.00<mv4fw<3.00

where mv4 denotes a moving amount of the fourth lens group upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
16. The zoom lens system according to claim 13, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.40<(dif34\u2212dif23)dis24w<1.30

where dif23 denotes a value subtracted a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group in the telephoto end state from a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group in the wide-angle end state, dif34 denotes a value subtracted a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group in the telephoto end state from a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group in the wide-angle end state, and dis24w denotes a distance along the optical axis between the most image side lens surface in the second lens group and the most object side lens surface in the fourth lens group in the wide-angle end state.
17. The zoom lens system according to claim 13, wherein an aperture stop is disposed in the vicinity of the third lens group.
18. The zoom lens system according to claim 13, wherein the first lens group includes at least one aspherical surface.
19. A method for forming an image of an object and varying a focal length of a zoom lens system that includes, in order from the object, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, a third lens group having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, comprising steps of:
providing the zoom lens system in which the first lens group is composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, the second lens group is composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, the third lens group is composed of a single lens, and the fourth lens group is composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens,
varying the focal length of the zoom lens system from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state by moving the second lens group, the third lens group and the fourth lens group to the object such that a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group increases, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group decreases, and
satisfying the following conditional expression:
\u22123.00<f3f4<\u22120.60

where f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens group, and f4 denotes a focal length of the fourth lens group.
20. The method for forming an image of an object and varying a focal length of a zoom lens system according to claim 19, further comprising the step of satisfying the following conditional expression:
1.70<Bfwfw

where Bfw denotes a back focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
21. The method for forming an image of an object and varying a focal length of a zoom lens system according to claim 19, further comprising the step of satisfying the following conditional expression:
\u22122.00<f1fw<\u22121.00

where f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
22. The method for forming an image of an object and varying a focal length of a zoom lens system according to claim 19, further comprising the step of satisfying the following conditional expression:
1.00<mv4fw<3.00

where mv4 denotes a moving amount of the fourth lens group upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.
23. The method for forming an image of an object and varying a focal length of a zoom lens system according to claim 19, further comprising the step of satisfying the following conditional expression:
0.40<(dif34\u2212dif23)dis24w<1.30

where dif23 denotes a value subtracted a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group in the telephoto end state from a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group in the wide-angle end state, dif34 denotes a value subtracted a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group in the telephoto end state from a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group in the wide-angle end state, and dis24w denotes a distance along the optical axis between the most image side lens surface in the second lens group and the most object side lens surface in the fourth lens group in the wide-angle end state.
24. A method for forming an image of an object and varying a focal length of a zoom lens system that includes, in order from the object, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, a third lens group having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, comprising steps of:
providing the zoom lens system in which the first lens group is composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, the second lens group is composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, the third lens group is composed of a single lens, and the fourth lens group is composed of at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens,
varying the focal length of the zoom lens system from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state by moving the second lens group, the third lens group and the fourth lens group to the object such that a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group increases, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group decreases, and
satisfying the following conditional expression:
1.70<Bfwfw

where Bfw denotes a back focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state, and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens system in the wide-angle end state.