Patent ID: 7133434

Claim:
A radio apparatus ( 50 ) comprising a diversity receiver which has a first reception branch ( 12 ; 40 ) and a second reception branch ( 13 ; 41 ), a RAKE receiver ( 14 ) comprising correlator branches ( 14 a , 14 b , 14 c , 14 d ) for combining received signal components on baseband frequency, a measuring receiver ( 14 e ; 16 ) for making measurements, characterized in that the radio apparatus is arranged so as to tune the first reception branch ( 12 ; 40 ) to a different frequency than the second reception branch ( 13 ; 41 ) and to make measurements of a signal produced by one reception branch simultaneously with the reception of a signal produced by the other reception branch, and a reception branch having a switch ( 15 ; 31 ) which has at least two states ( 15 a , 15 b ), in the first state the switch is arranged so as to direct the signal received by said reception branch having the switch to said RAKE receiver ( 14 ), and in the second state switch is arranged so as to direct the signal received by said reception branch having the switch to said measuring receiver ( 14 e ; 16 ).