Acronyms for balanced cables
In ISO/IEC 11801:2010, the following designations can be found in the informative Annex E. (Informative = not required for compliance)
For example:
- U/UTP = overall unscreened cable with unscreened twisted pairs (often referred to as UTP)
- F/UTP = overall screened cable with unscreened twisted pairs (often referred to as FTP)
- S/FTP = overall braid screened cable with foil screened twisted pairs (often referred to as STP or PiMF)
- SF/UTP = overall braid and foil screened cable with unscreened twisted pairs
Fluke Networks has adopted this in the DSX-5000 CableAnalyzer for the most used cable types:
