Transceiver operation in radio system

An arrangement for implementing transceiver operation at a base station, the arrangement comprising a power amplifier for amplifying signals to be transmitted, and a first receiver amplifier for amplifying received signals, wherein the power amplifier in the arrangement is a multifrequency amplifier, and that the arrangement comprises:

• in different sectors at least two transmitter units for generating signals at different frequencies, connected to the same multifrequency amplifier;
• a filter structure comprising as filters at least two different transmitter filters and at least two different receiver filters for filtering signals to be transmitted and received;
• in different sectors at least two antennas for transmitting and receiving signals, and at least two antenna cables, each antenna being connected with its antenna cable to at least one transmitter filter and to at least one receiver filter in the filter structure;
• a filter unit for filtering further the received signals;
• a first receiver amplifier connected to at least two sector-specific receiver amplifiers, and
• a separate cable for transmitting signals between the multifrequency amplifier and the filter unit, between the filter unit and the filter structure, and between the filter unit and the first receiver amplifier.

An arrangement for implementing receiver diversity transceiver operation at a base station, the arrangement comprising a power amplifier for amplifying signals to be transmitted, and a first receiver amplifier for amplifying signals received, wherein the power amplifier in the arrangement is a multifrequency amplifier, and that the arrangement comprises:

• in different sectors at least two transmitter units for generating signals at different frequencies, connected to the same multifrequency amplifier;
• a filter structure comprising as filters at least two different transmitter filters and at least two different receiver filters for filtering signals to be transmitted and received;
• at least two antennas and antenna cables in different sectors, each antenna being connected with its antenna cable to at least one transmitter filter and to at least one receiver filter in the filter structure;
• a filter unit for filtering further the received signals;
• a first receiver amplifier connected to at least two sector-specific receiver amplifiers;
• a separate cable for transmitting signals between the multifrequency amplifier and the filter unit, between the filter unit and the filter structure and between the filter unit and the first receiver amplifier, and
• at least one receiver branch in said sectors connected to said sector-specific receiver amplifiers.

A method of implementing transceiver operation at a base station, in which method a power amplifier amplifies signals to be transmitted, and a first receiver amplifier amplifies signals received, wherein

• at least two transmitter units in different sectors transmit signals at different frequencies to the same multifrequency amplifier acting as the power amplifier;
• the signals amplified by the multifrequency amplifier are transmitted by a separate cable from the multifrequency amplifier to a filter structure;
• the filter structure filters at least two signals to be transmitted at different frequencies;
• sector-specific antennas transmit the signals to be transmitted at different frequencies, and receive the signals to be received at different frequencies;
• the filter structure filters the at least two signals received at different frequencies;
• the received signals are further filtered with a filter unit and
• the filtered received signals are transmitted along a separate cable from the filter structure via the filter unit to the same first receiver amplifier that amplifies said signals, whereupon the signals received from the different sectors are transmitted to sector-specific receiver amplifiers.

A method of implementing receiver diversity transceiver operation at a base station, in which method a power amplifier amplifies signals to be transmitted, and a first receiver amplifier amplifies signals received, wherein

• at least two transmitter units in different sectors transmit signals at different frequencies to the same multifrequency amplifier acting as the power amplifier;
• the signals amplified by the multifrequency amplifier are transmitted by a separate cable from the multifrequency amplifier to a filter structure;
• the filter structure filters at least two signals to be transmitted at different frequencies;
• sector-specific antennas transmit the signals to be transmitted at different frequencies, and receive the signals to be received at different frequencies;
• the filter structure filters the at least two signals received at different frequencies;
• the received signals are further filtered with a filter unit;
• the filtered received signals are transmitted along a separate cable from the filter structure via the filter unit to the same first receiver amplifier that amplifies said signals, whereupon the signals received from the different sectors are transmitted to sector-specific receiver amplifiers, and
• signals are received from said sectors at least at one receiver branch, from which the received signals are transmitted to said sector-specific receiver amplifiers.