The key performance metrics are: Insertion Loss: The natural attenuation of the signal power due to the splitting process. It is generally applied between the Optical Line Terminal (OLT) and Optical Network Unit (ONU) of a passive optical network to split optical signals. So what are the important. The optical splitter enables the signal on the optical fiber to be distributed between two or more optical fibers with different separation configurations, such as 1×2, 1×4, 1×N, or 2×4, M×N. Conversely, it can also combine multiple signals into one. Its primary role is in Passive Optical Networks (PON), which are the foundation of.