| 3D | three-dimensional |
| 3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| 5G | fifth generation |
| APDP | averaged power delay profile |
| CCDF | complementary cumulative distribution function |
| CIR | channel impulse response |
| deg | angular degree |
| DS | delay spread |
| FPGA | field-programmable gate array |
| GO | geometrical optics |
| GPU | graphics processing unit |
| GSCM | geometry-based stochastic channel model |
| HIRATE | High Performance Digital Radio Testbed |
| HPBW | half-power beamwidth |
| IF | intermediate frequency |
| IP | intercept point |
| ITU-R | International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector |
| LOS | line-of-sight |
| LS | least-squares |
| METIS | Mobile and Wireless Communications Enablers for the Twenty-twenty Information Society |
| MiWEBA | Millimetre-Wave Evolution for Backhaul and Access |
| mm-wave | millimeter-wave |
| MPC | multipath component |
| NLOS | non-line-of-sight |
| omni | omnidirectional |
| OS-CC | open square, city center |
| PL | path loss |
| pol. | polarization |
| RMS | root mean square |
| RT | ray tracing |
| RX | receiver |
| SC-CC | street canyon, city center |
| SC-RA | street canyon, residential area |
| TX | transmitter |
| UMi | urban microcellular |
| UTD | uniform theory of diffraction |