| DFL | Device-free localization |
| CS | Compressive sensing |
| MBCS | Multitask Bayesian compressive sensing |
| LBS | Location-based service |
| RF | Radio frequency |
| RTI | Radio tomographic imaging |
| CT | Computed tomography |
| SLMLU | Sparse localization approach with a mobile beacon based on LU decomposition |
| RIP | Restricted isometry property |
| LCS | Device-free localization based on compressive sensing |
| GMP | Greedy matching pursuit |
| E-HIPA | The energy-efficient framework for high-precision multi-target-adaptive device-free localization |
| OMP | Orthogonal matching pursuit |
| DR-DFL | Dictionary refinement based device-free localization |
| VEM | Variational expectation-maximization |
| RSS | Received signal strength |
| COTS | Commercial off-the-shelf |
| CSI | Channel state information |
| WSN | Wireless sensor networks |
| SVM | Support vector machine |
| LOS | Line-of-sight |
| OFDM | Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing |
| LASSO | Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator |
| BP | Basic pursuit |
| BCS | Bayesian compressive sensing |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise ratio |