A Wireless telecommunications system architecture supporting receive diversity

摘要

A technique for achieving receive diversity without multiple antennas per cell is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first antenna (501) for receiving a first information-bearing signal at a first radio frequency; a first downconverter (503) for downconverting the first information-bearing signal to a first intermediate frequency; a first transmitter (504) for transmitting the first information-bearing signal at the first intermediate frequency over a first wireline; means (303) for receiving the first information-bearing signal at the first intermediate frequency from the first wireline and for demodulating the first information-bearing signal. <IMAGE>