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. 2023 May 25;23(11):5081. doi: 10.3390/s23115081
3GPP 3rd-Generation Partnership Project
5G Fifth Generation
5GC 5G Core
B5G Beyond 5G
BBM Break-Before-Make
BS Base station
CHO Conditional Handover
CIO Cell Individual Offset
CSI Channel State Information
D2D Device-to-Device
DoA Directional of Arrival
DRL Deep Reinforcement Learning
eMBB Enhanced Mobile Broadband
EPC Evolved Packet Core
FD Full Duplex
FHO Frequent Handover
FLC Fuzzy-Logic Controller
HCP Handover Control Parameter
HD High-Definition
HetNet Heterogeneous Network
H-HO Hard Handover
HHO Horizontal Handover
HO Handover
HPPP Handover Ping-Pong Probability
HODP Handover Decision Parameter
HOET Handover Execution Time
HOF Handover Failure
HOFR Handover Failure Rate
HOIT Handover Interruption Time
HOM Handover Margin
HOPP Handover Ping-Pong
HOSR Handover Success Rate
ICI Inter-Cell Interference
ICIC Inter-Cell Interference Coordination
IoT Internet of Things
ITU International Telecommunication Union
KF Kalman Filter
KNN K-Nearest Neighbors
HOPP Handover Ping-Pong
HOSR Handover Success Rate
ICI Inter-Cell Interference
ICIC Inter-Cell Interference Coordination
IoT Internet of Things
ITU International Telecommunication Union
KF Kalman Filter
KNN K-Nearest Neighbors
KPI Key Performance Indicator
LB Load Balancing
LBO Load-Balancing Optimization
LTE Long-Term Evolution
MBB Make-Before-Break
MBS Macro Base station
MC Macro Cell
ML Machine Learning
M-MIMO Massive Multiple-input–Multiple-output
mMTC Massive Machine-Type Communication
mm-Wave Millimeter Wave
MR Measurement Report
MRO Mobility Robustness Optimization
NFV Network Function Virtualization
NG Next-Generation
NN Neural Network
NR New Radio
NSA Non-Standalone
OP Outage Probability
QoE Quality of Experience
QoS Quality of Service
RAT Radio Access Technology
RL Reinforcement Learning
RLF Radio Link Failure
RLFR Radio Link Failure Rate
RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
RSRQ Reference Signal Received Quality
RSS Received Signal Strength
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicators
SA Standalone
SC Small Cell
SDN Software-Defined Networking
SE Spectral Efficiency
S-gNB Source gNB
S-HO Soft Handover
SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
TEHO Too-Early Handover
T-gNB Target gNB
Time-to-Trigger TTT
TLHO Too-Late Handover
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UD-HetNet Ultra-Dense HetNet
UDSC Ultra-Dense Small Cell
UE User Equipment
UHO Unnecessary Handover
URLLC Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication
V2V Vehicle-to-Vehicle
V2X ehicle-to-Everything
VHO Vertical HO
WCS Wireless Communication Systems