Passive optical networks use optical splitters to divide the downstream signal into up to 32 streams, most often a power of two. Each division in two halves the transmitted power and therefore causes a minimum attenuation of 3 dB ( ≈ 10−0.3).
Passive optical networks use optical splitters to divide the downstream signal into up to 32 streams most often a power of two Each division in two halves the transmitted power and therefore causes a minimum attenuation of 3 dB ( ≈ 10−03)