A novel Radio Frequency (RF) upconversion scheme is proposed by us, which doubles the spectrum efficiency compared to the traditional approach.
A general mathematical model is derived to analyze the detrimental factors influencing upstream transmission performance, once our RF upconversion scheme has been invoked.
LDPC codes are introduced within the multipoint-to-point upstream transmission system in IM/DD OFDM-PONs for the first time, in order to mitigate detrimental factors above.