Patent ID: 8917991

Claim:
A method, comprising: deploying a modified RFoG architecture and CPE device including optically combining and detecting cable return signals from a plurality of CPEs with a single optical receiver at an FTTH hub; and at each of the plurality of CPEs modulating a baseband upstream data signal by a HI PHY modem; up-converting the baseband upstream data signal to a frequency band above a frequency band of an upstream cable return signal; combining the up-converted upstream data signal with an upstream cable return signal; transmitting the up-converted upstream data signal and the upstream cable return signal using a single upstream laser λ u3 ; and separating, with a wavelength separator, A) a downstream data signal λ d3 and a downstream cable feed signal λ d1 from B) the transmitted combined λ u3 up-converted upstream data signal and upstream cable return signal; and receiving the downstream data signal and the downstream cable feed signal using a single downstream receiver; separating the downstream data signal from the downstream cable feed signal using an RF diplexer; and wherein an upper frequency limit of a downstream baseband downstream data signal, F 1 , is less than a lower frequency limit of a downstream cable feed, denoted by F 6 , wherein F 1 <F 6 (F 6 <F 5 <F 4 <F 3 ) where F 5 is an upper frequency of the downstream cable signal, F 4 is the lower frequency of the up-converted downstream high speed data signal and F 3 is the upper frequency of the up-converted downstream high speed data signal.