Abstract: A receiver, a system and a method is described comprising: receiving radio frequency signals at a plurality of receiver modules, wherein each receiver module comprises a plurality of channels, each channel comprising a receiver antenna and a mixer for converting an output of the respective antenna to an analog intermediate frequency signal having a frequency; for each of the plurality of receiver modules, combining the analog intermediate frequency signals of the respective channels into a receiver module analog intermediate frequency signal; and combining the receiver module analog intermediate frequency signals for each of the plurality of receiver modules into a composite output signal, wherein the frequency of the intermediate frequency signal of each channel of each receiver module is different. A similar transmitter, method and transmission system is also described.

Abstract: A receiver, a system and a method is described comprising: receiving radio frequency signals at a plurality of receiver modules, wherein each receiver module comprises a plurality of channels, each channel comprising a receiver antenna and a mixer for converting an output of the respective antenna to an analog intermediate frequency signal having a frequency; for each of the plurality of receiver modules, combining the analog intermediate frequency signals of the respective channels into a receiver module analog intermediate frequency signal; and combining the receiver module analog intermediate frequency signals for each of the plurality of receiver modules into a composite output signal, wherein the frequency of the intermediate frequency signal of each channel of each receiver module is different. A similar transmitter, method and transmission system is also described.