It offers advantages in terms of cost, fiber count and duct space in comparison to home run configurations. This enables splitters and OLT ports to be added as customers sign onto the. A fiber optic splitter is a passive optical component that divides a single incoming optical signal into two or more outgoing signals, or combines multiple incoming signals into one. Unlike active devices (which require power), splitters operate without electricity, relying solely on the physics of. A fiber broadband provider typically determines and overall split ratio for the network, such as 1x32 or 1x64, and uses combinations of splitters to meet that ratio with each PON port. 1x32 splits were common in North America for G-PON architectures. As XGS-PON continues to be adopted, some service. In a recent FBA 101 Series article, FBA defined several splitter architectures. Due to the wide range of deployment configurations, this document will provide qualitative differences, but no specific quantitative comparisons. It allows a single input from the OLT to serve multiple endpoints without active electronics.
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