| BR | Border Router |
| CH | channel |
| DAG | directed acyclic graph |
| EAP-TLS | Extensible Authentication Protocol Transport Layer Security |
| EAPoL | Extensive Authentication Protocol over LAN |
| FSK | Frequency Shift Keying |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
| JS | join state |
| L | Leaf |
| LLN | Low-Power and Lossy Network |
| OFDM | Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| OS | operating system |
| PA | PAN Advertisement |
| PAN | Personal Area Network |
| PAS | PAN Advertisement Solicit |
| PR Wi-SUN FAN | Parallel Rendezvous Wireless Smart Ubiquitous Network Field Area Network |
| R | Router |
| RPL | IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TSCH | Time-Slotted Channel Hopping |
| UDI | Unicast Dwell Interval |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| US | Unicast Slot |
| Wi-SUN FAN | Wireless Smart Ubiquitous Network Field Area Network |