A method and apparatus for chopping long unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. Foot rests are provided for an occupant seated on an occupant seat. A corresponding reception side detects control information based on a pilot pattern of pilot bits inserted in a dedicated physical channel and generates transmit power control bits referring to a target reception power which is set based on the control information. The upper surface is defined by an upper buffer material having an intrinsic buffer capacity of at least 2\xd71017 groupsm2.