According to one embodiment, a receiving apparatus includes a data packet receiver, a quality reinforcement packet receiver, an information setting module, a packet processor, a recovery processor. The data packet receiver is configured to receive a data packet comprising a data portion. The quality reinforcement packet receiver is configured to receive a quality reinforcement packet comprising a quality reinforcement portion. The information setting module is configured to set the data portion corresponding to a part of information included in the data packet as a recovery process target. The packet processor is configured to determine whether there is a lost data packet based on the received data packet and the quality reinforcement packet. The recovery processor is configured to recover, when there is the lost data packet, at least the data portion set as the recovery process target in the lost data packet by using the data portion set as the recovery process target in a non-lost data packet and the quality reinforcement portion corresponding thereto.