| LEO | Low Earth orbit |
| MEO | Medium Earth orbit |
| GEO | Geostationary orbit |
| UT | User terminal |
| OBP | On-board processor |
| CoMSat | Coordinated multiple-satellite |
| CCI | Co-channel interference |
| SE | Spectral efficiency |
| CSI | Channel state information |
| iCSI | Instantaneous channel state information |
| sCSI | Statistical channel state information |
| AoD | Angle of departure |
| LoS | Line-of-sight |
| MIMO | Multiple-input multiple-output |
| mMIMO | Massive multiple-input multiple-output |
| UPA | Uniform planar array |
| DBF | Digital beamforming |
| DFT | Discrete Fourier transform |
| FFT | Fast Fourier transform |
| FFR | Full-frequency reuse |
| MSE | Mean square error |
| LP | Linear precoding |
| WSR | Weighted sum rate |
| WMMSE | Weighted minimum mean square error |
| sWMMSE | sCSI-based weighted minimum mean square error |
| MF | Matched filter |
| ZF | Zero-forcing |
| RZF | Regularized zero-forcing |
| SINR | Signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio |
| SLNR | Signal-to-leakage-plus-noise ratio |