| Definition | Acronyms |
| Biased Kalman Filtering | BKF |
| Binary Phase Shift Keying | BPSK |
| Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance | CSMA/CA |
| Channel Impulse Response | CIR |
| Extended Kalman Filter | EKF |
| Federal Communications Commission | FCC |
| Full Function Device | FFD |
| Global Positioning System | GPS |
| Global System for Mobile Communications | GSM |
| Impulse Radio Ultra WideBand | IR-UWB |
| Indoor Positioning System | IPS |
| Infrared | IR |
| Infrared Data Association | IrDA |
| Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology | JCGM |
| Least Square with Distance Contraction | LS-DC |
| Line of Sight | LOS |
| Local Area Network | LAN |
| Low data Rate UWB | LR-UWB |
| Maximum Likelihood Estimation | MLE |
| Micro Electro Mechanical Sensors | MEMS |
| Minimum-Shift Keying | MSK |
| Non-Line-of-Sight | NLoS |
| On-Off Keying | OOK |
| Pseudo Random | PR |
| Pulse Amplitude Modulation | PAM |
| Pulse Position Modulation | PPM |
| Pulse Width Modulation | PWM |
| Radio Frequency | RF |
| Radio-Frequency Identification | RFID |
| Real-Time Location System | RTLS |
| Received Signal Strength | RSS |
| Reduced Function Device | RFD |
| Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats | SWOT |
| Time Difference of Arrival | TDOA |
| Time Division Multiple Access | TDMA |
| Time-Hopping Binary Phase Shift Keying | TH-BPSK |
| Time-Hopping Pulse Position Modulation | TH-PPM |
| Time-Hopping Spread Spectrum | TH-SS |
| Time Modulated Ultra WideBand | TM-UWB |
| Angle of Arrival | AOA |
| Time of Arrival | TOA |
| Transmit Power Control | TPC |
| Ultra WideBand | UWB |
| Weighted Least Square with Multidimensional Scaling | WLS-MDS |
| Wireless Fidelity | WiFi |
| Wireless Local Area Network | WLAN |
| Wireless Personal Area Network | WPAN |
| Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access | WiMAX |