The invention relates to an antenna diversity arrangement and a radio base
station in a frequency divided mobile cellular system with sectorized
cells. Space diversity or polarization diversity is provided by providing
at least two branches. In accordance with the invention an operator
frequency band is divided into a plurality of bands for transmitting and
receiving. All sectors are branch wise combined in a respective tower
mounted amplifier. TX signals within the TX bands belonging to a TMA are
diplexed and simultaneously transmitted on the sectors. RF signals
received on one branch of a sector are combined with RF signals received
on the corresponding sector in the other branches. The RX signals so
combined are fed to the radio base station on a single feeder together
with the TX signals fed in the opposite direction from transceivers of
the base station to the same TMA. A sector may be assigned two or more TX
frequencies. Frequency hopping within each TX band may optionally be
provided (synth hopping). If two or more TX frequencies are assigned to a
sector synth hopping may be combined with frequency hopping between the
TX bands assigned to the sector in the A branch as well as the TX bands
assigned to the corresponding sector in the B branch.