Inventor
Assignee
US Class
455/562.1Having specific antenna arrangementAttorney, Agent or Firm
International Class
H04M 1/00
Issued Patent Number:
8099133
Abstract text
The present invention relates to an antenna system (
1), a method and an apparatus (
20) for directing a received signal (RX), along selected signal path/paths (
12, 13, 14, 15), such that the operation of any of the radio base stations (
40, 50) in the antenna system (
1) depends on the selected signal path/paths (
12, 13, 14, 15). The antenna system (
1) is comprised of a filter combiner (
10) connected to radio base stations (
40, 50) that are of different radio access networks. The apparatus (
20) of the antenna system further comprises a duplex filter (
21), coupled to the filter combiner (
10), and adapted to receive/transmit signals of different access networks. The duplex filter (
21) further comprises a transmitter filter (
21a) and two receiver filters (
21b, 21c). The receiver filters (
21b and
21c) are further connected to a switch (
22), said switch (
22) is adapted to direct the received signal along one or several selected signal paths (
12, 13, 14, 15) such that the operation of any of the radio base stations (
40, 50) is dependent on which signal path/paths that is/are selected.