A radio communication apparatus that includes a receiver that accomplishes intermittent reception of information in a first mode, the information indicating a transmitting format used for a shared channel via which data is received and a transmitter that accomplishes intermittent transmission of quality information at a timing in the first mode, the quality information relating to the transmitting format; and a controller that sets in advance the timing of the intermittent transmission so as to become a given time before a timing of the intermittent reception.