Transceiver apparatus for use in a multi-frequency communication system, base station of a multi-frequency communication system, method for use of the transceiver apparatus, method of transceiving a multi-frequency signal in a multi-frequency communication system

A method of transceiving a multi-frequency signal in a multi-frequency communication system, comprising the steps of:

• processing the signal in a signal processor;
• operating an antenna terminal by an antenna-switch comprising a multi-switch, a transmission multiplexer and a reception multiplexer, wherein the multiplexers are controlled by the signal processor, and transceiving the signal by means of at least a selected one of a plurality of antennas of the antenna terminal, antenna terminal having a first antenna and at least a second antenna that are connected to respective switches, the first antenna having at a first end a first transmission-connector for connecting the first antenna to the transmission path and having at a second end a first reception-connector for connecting the first antenna to the reception path, the at least second antenna having at a first end a second transmission-connector for connecting the at least second antenna to the transmission path and having at a second end a second reception-connector for connecting the at least second antenna to the reception path;
• and
• frequency converting the signal in a frequency conversion circuitry wherein frequency converting of the signal in the frequency conversion circuitry is established on a transmission path and a reception path, wherein each of the paths communicates the signal between the signal processor and the antenna switch,
• wherein multi-frequency antenna terminal operation is established by combining a transmission-mode of the antenna and a reception-mode of the antenna, controlled by the signal processor, by means of the antenna-switch, and communicating the signal between the transmission path and the selected antenna via the transmission multiplexer and a transmission connector of the antenna and between the reception path and the selected antenna via the reception multiplexer and a reception connector of the selected antenna,
• the signal processor controlling the respective switches of the antennas such that, at a particular instant in time, each of the antennas is configured as either a transmit-only antenna or a receive-only antenna.

A communications transceiver comprising:

• an antenna terminal having a first antenna and at least a second antenna that are connected to respective switches, the first antenna having at a first end a first transmission-connector for connecting the first antenna to the transmission path and having at a second end a first reception-connector for connecting the first antenna to the reception path, the at least second antenna having at a first end a second transmission-connector for connecting the at least second antenna to the transmission path and having at a second end a second reception-connector for connecting the at least second antenna to the reception path;
• a transmission path;
• a reception path;
• a transmission multiplexer coupled to the transmission path and to the first and at least a second antennas;
• a reception multiplexer coupled to the reception path and to the multiple antennas;
• and
• a processor;
• wherein the processor controls the transmission multiplexer and the reception multiplexer such that during transmission the transmission path is coupled to a selected antenna of the first and at least a second antennas and during reception the reception path is coupled to a selected antenna of the first and at least a second antennas;
• and
• wherein the processor controls the respective switches of the first and at least a second antennas such that, at a particular instant in time, each of the first and at least a second antennas is configured as either a transmit-only antenna or a receive-only antenna.