| 1G | First generation |
| 2G | Second generation |
| 2.5G | 2.5 generation |
| 3G | Third generation |
| 3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| 4G | Fourth generation |
| 5G | Fifth generation |
| 6G | Sixth generation |
| ACE | Active constellation extension |
| ACLR | Adjacent channel leakage ratio |
| AMPS | Advanced Mobile Phone System |
| ANN | Artificial neural network |
| AWGN | Additive white Gaussian noise |
| BatchNorm | Batch normalization |
| BER | Bit error rate |
| CCDF | Complementary cumulative distribution function |
| CP | Cyclic prefix |
| CL | Clipping level |
| DL | Deep learning |
| DCO-OFDM | DC-biased optical OFDM |
| DFT-S | Discrete Fourier transform spread |
| DNN | Deep neural network |
| DUN | Deep unfolding network |
| FC | Fully connected |
| FDM | Frequency division multiplexing |
| FDMA | Frequency division multiple access |
| FFNN | Feedforward neural network |
| FFT | Fast Fourier transform |
| GFDM | Generalized frequency division multiplexing |
| GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications |
| IBO | In-band outage |
| ICI | Inter-carrier interference |
| ICWEF | Inter-carrier waveform |
| IDFT | Inverse discrete Fourier transform |
| IFFT | Inverse fast Fourier transform |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| ISI | Inter-symbol interference |
| LACO-OFDM | Layered asymmetrically clipped OFDM |
| LED | Light-emitting diode |
| LSTM | Long short-term memory |
| LSTM-AE | LSTM autoencoder |
| MCTS | Monte Carlo tree search |
| MIMO | Multiple-input multiple-output |
| ML | Machine learning |
| mmWave | Millimeter wave |
| M-PTS | Monte Carlo PTS |
| NN | Neural network |
| NN-ACE | Neural network ACE |
| NMT | Nordic Mobile Telephone |
| OFDM | Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing |
| O-OFDM | Optical OFDM |
| PTS | Partial transmit sequence |
| PAPR | Peak-to-average-power ratio |
| PRnet | PAPR-reducing network |
| QAM | Quadrature amplitude modulation |
| QPSK | Quadrature phase shift keying |
| RANSAC | Random sample consensus |
| RDNN | Residual deep neural network |
| ReLU | Rectified linear unit |
| RF | Radio frequency |
| RL | Reinforcement learning |
| SLM | Selected mapping |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise ratio |
| SOM | Self-organized map |
| STR | Selective tone reservation |
| TACS | Total Access Communication System |
| TI | Tone injection |
| TR | Tone reservation |
| Tx | Transmit |
| TT-RDNN | Tensor-train residual deep neural network |
| TRNet | Tone reservation network |
| TV | Television |
| VLC | Visible light communication |
| VLC-OFDM | Visible light communication OFDM |