... reconfiguring the network can be difficult. If the patch cordthat is routed from the FOT and the ODF is too short to reach the far end of the lineup, another patch cord may have to be run between the ... between the ODF and FOT. Housing the splitter in the ODF, on the other hand, would require only one patch cord to be routed from the ODF to the FOTequipment at all times, no matter what the splitter ... reducing the cost of initial network installation and the cost of reconfiguring the network, the reliability of the network will be improved.For fiber networks incorporating DWDMs, the scenarios...