| ABP | authentication by personalisation |
| AWGN | additive white Gaussian noise |
| CAD | channel activity detection |
| CDF | cumulative distribution function |
| CRC | cyclic redundancy check |
| CSS | chirp spread spectrum |
| FDMA | frequency division multiple access |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| LoRa | long range |
| LoRaWAN | long-range wide-area network |
| LPWAN | low-power wide-area network |
| LQI | link quality indicator |
| MAC | Medium Access Control |
| PDR | packet delivery ratio |
| PL | path loss |
| PLL | phase-locked loop |
| PLR | packet loss ratio |
| RSSI | received signal strength indicator |
| RX | receiver |
| SF | spreading factor |
| SNR | signal-to-noise ratio |
| TDMA | time division multiple access |
| TDOA | ime-difference-of-arrival |
| ToA | time-on-air |
| TSCH | time slotted channel hopping |
| WSN | wireless sensor network |