| API | application protocol interface |
| ASIC | application-specific integrated circuit |
| BER | bit error rate |
| BJT | bipolar junction transistor |
| COTS | commercialized off-the-shelf |
| CW | continuous wave |
| ETX | expected transmission count |
| FSK | frequency shift key |
| GPS | global positioning system |
| GUI | graphical user interface |
| INI | initialisation |
| LF | low frequency |
| LFPM | low-frequency pattern matcher |
| LQI | link quality indicator |
| LQL | link quality level |
| MAC | media access |
| MCU | microcontroller unit |
| ML | machine learning |
| NED | network description |
| NS2 | network simulator 2 |
| OLS | ordinary least square |
| OOK | on-off keying |
| OPNET | optimized network engineering tools |
| OS | operating system |
| OMNeT++ | objective modular network testbed in C++ |
| PER | packet error rate |
| PRR | packet reception ratio |
| RF | radio frequency |
| RNP | required number of packets |
| RSSI | received signal strength indicator |
| SAR | segmentation and reassembly |
| SER | sequence error rate |
| SNR | signal to noise ratio |
| SVM | support vector machine |
| TIA | transimpedance amplifier |
| TOSSIM | tiny OS simulator |
| UML | unified modeling language |
| WSN | wireless sensor network |
| WSNs | wireless sensor networks |
| WUC | wake-up call |
| Wupt | wake-up packet |
| WuRx | wake-up receiver |
| WuTx | wake-up transmitter |