Frequency hopping method and base station

A base station comprising:

• at the transmitter end, a number of baseband processing means and broadband transmitter units, which transmit and receive signals in a broadband form using RF sub-bands and utilize frequency hopping when transmitting signals and dehopping when receiving signals according to a frequency hopping sequence,
• at the transmitter end, a switching means and channelling means, which generate signals on an intermediate band, each of which being connected to a transmitter unit forming a particular RF sub-band,
• wherein the switching means selects, according to the frequency hopping sequence, the channelling means to which a baseband signal formed by the baseband processing means is connected, and the channelling means places the received baseband signals on an intermediate band according to the frequency hopping sequence.

A base station comprising:

• at the receiver end, a number of baseband processing means and broadband receiver units, which form RF sub-bands and receive frequency hopping signals according to a frequency hopping sequence from the RF sub-bands they have formed,
• at the receiver end, a switching means and channelling means, which receive baseband signals from an intermediate band and each of which is connected to a receiver unit forming a particular RF sub-band,
• wherein the switching means selects, according to the frequency hopping sequence, the channelling means whose baseband output provides the baseband signal which is connected to the baseband processing means, and the channelling means places the baseband signals to its baseband outputs according to the frequency hopping sequence.