Abstract: A RAKE receiver for receiving a spread spectrum signal, the RAKE receiver comprising at least two antennas for receiving a spread spectrum signal containing several user signals, at least one delay unit for delaying the spread spectrum signal received in at least one antenna to prevent the spread spectrum signals received from the different antennas from being cancelled, an adder for combining the spread spectrum signal received in at least two antennas to form a combination signal, and a matched filter for generating a user signal combination impulse response by means of the combination signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reception method and a receiver to receive signals supplied from a radio path, and the signals include information and each signal which arrives at the receiver is delayed by a unique delay value. The receiver includes a filtering device and a distribution device to determine the strength of a part of a signal delayed by a certain propagation delay by several values of the propagation delay. The distribution device compares the delay differences of the received signals with each other and forms sums of the strengths of the signal parts determined by different values of the propagation delay. The distribution device selects values deviate at least by a predetermined delay difference whose sum of the strengths of the signal parts obtains the highest possible value. The receiver indicates the received information by using the signals selected above.