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Abstract

A hybrid fiber cable network includes multiple nodes, each of which receives a first multi-carrier return signal from multiple customers with carrier signals in a first frequency band. In a fiber-hub, one or more first multi-carrier signals are converted into a second multi-carrier signal with carrier signals in a second band. Each information signal modulates a different higher frequency carrier signal in the second signal. A multitude of second multi-carrier signals are converted into optical signals with different optical wavelengths, multiplexed onto an optical fiber, and transmitted to the head-end. The first frequency band is below 200 MHz, preferably from 5 to 50 MHz. The second frequency band is above 200 MHz, preferably between 300 and 1200 MHz to reduce crosstalk due to stimulated Raman scattering (SRS). Preferably, each second frequency band is no more than one octave wide, and more preferably, no more than one half an octave wide.

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