| IPS | indoor positioning system |
| VLC | visible light communication |
| RSS | received signal strength |
| TOA | time of arrival |
| TDOA | time difference of arrival |
| AOA | angle of arrival |
| QAM | quadrature amplitude modulation |
| ADC | analog-to-digital conversion |
| MCU | microcontroller control unit |
| DSP | digital signal processing |
| CRC | cyclic redundancy check |
| OOK | on-off keying |