Multi-channel communications transceiver

A method of transmitting data, comprising:

• receiving a transmitted signal from a transmission medium into a baseband receiver and one or more down-converting receivers;
• each of the down-converting receivers down-converting the transmission signal by a set carrier frequency to obtain a data signal for that down-converting receiver;
• and
• the baseband receiver receiving a data signal from the baseband of the transmitted signal.

A transceiver chip, comprising:

• a transmitter section, the transmitter section including
• a baseband transmitter that transmits data onto a transmission medium in a baseband channel, and
• one or more up-converting transmitters that transmits data onto the transmission medium in corresponding frequency separated channels;
• a receiver section, the receiver section including
• a baseband receiver that receives data from the transmission medium in the baseband channel, and
• one or more down-converting receivers that receive data from the transmission medium from the corresponding frequency separated channels.