| 2PDGA | Two-Phase Distributed Genetic-Based Algorithm |
| AVB | Audio-Video Bridging |
| BE | Best Effort |
| CAP@N | Hardware compliance rate under a per-port GCL entry cap of N |
| CG | Conflict Graph |
| CNC | Centralized Network Configuration |
| CP | Constraint Programming |
| GA | Genetic Algorithm |
| GCL | Gate Control List |
| ISNs | Industrial Sensor Networks |
| ILP | Integer Linear Programming |
| IT | Information Technology |
| JRS | Joint Routing and Scheduling |
| LCM | Least Common Multiple |
| LS | List Scheduling |
| MEC | Multi-access Edge Computing |
| MTU | Maximum Transmission Unit |
| NP | Nondeterministic Polynomial Time |
| NW-PSP | No-wait Packet Scheduling Problem |
| OT | Operational Technology |
| PSO | Particle Swarm Optimization |
| RL | Reinforcement Learning |
| SMT | Satisfiability Modulo Theory |
| SMT-NW | Satisfiability Modulo Theory No-Wait |
| SR | Schedulability Rate |
| SR-A | Stream Reservation Class A |
| ST | Scheduled Traffic |
| TAS | Time-Aware Shaper |
| TSN | Time-Sensitive Networking |
| TT | Time-Triggered |