The paper deduces the quantitative calculating formula of the cumulative return loss which is caused by a few insertion pieces in a optical fiber line
and presents the experiment in which the cumulative return loss for from one to ten mechanical splices are measured by the method of OCWR. The experiment results tally with the theoretic values. Furtheymore
the theoretic calculating formula show that the addition of insertion pieces are increased
in this experiment
the curve of the cumulative return loss tends to smooth when the numbers of the splices are >3
which conclusion is in accordance with the results of the theoretic calulation.