Abstract: A wireless transmission and reception system includes a mixing section using a phase shift keying or quadrature amplitude modulation scheme to modulate a baseband signal, representing voice or data, onto a carrier frequency within the range of standard (cable television format) AM-VSB frequencies. A combiner section combines the modulated carrier signal into a channel of a multiplexed cable television (CATV) signal having two or more channels. The CATV signal is used to modulate a laser source. The laser source generates a laser signal based on the CATV signal. The laser signal is optically coupled into a bidirectional fiber link. The fiber link transmits the laser signal and ultimately converts the laser signal into the electrical CATV signal. A splitting section coupled to the bidirectional fiber link splits the modulated carrier signal from the CATV signal. A demodulating section coupled to the splitting section recovers the baseband signal from the modulated carrier signal.