Patent ID: 8676134

Claim:
A receiver front-end for use in a transceiver station of a wireless communication network, said transceiver station being associated with an antenna assembly comprising a primary and at least a secondary antenna, said receiver front-end being adapted for insertion between said antenna assembly and signal processing sections of said transceiver station, said receiver front-end comprising a primary and at least a secondary receiving branch, said primary receiving branch being adapted for coupling to said primary antenna and to said signal processing sections of said transceiver station and for communicating radio signals received by said primary antenna to said signal processing sections, and said secondary receiving branch being adapted for coupling to said secondary antenna and to said signal processing sections and for communicating radio signals received by said secondary antenna to said signal processing sections simultaneous with and independent from said primary receiving branch, said secondary receiving branch comprising at least one superconducting component, wherein said primary receiving branch consists of only non-superconducting components including at least one non-superconducting filter.