| 5G | Fifth generation |
| 6LoWPAN | IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks |
| AHP | Analytic Hierarchy Process |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| BLE | Bluetooth Low Energy |
| CoAP | Constrained Application Protocol |
| CR | Cognitive Radio |
| CSMA | Carrier Sense Multiple Access |
| D2D | Device to Device |
| EDF | Earliest Deadline First |
| FD-SU | Full Duplex enabled Secondary User |
| FIS | Fuzzy Inference System |
| HEMS | Home Energy Management System |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| ICN | Information-Centric Networking |
| IIoT | Industrial IoT |
| ITS | Intelligent Transportation System |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| I-IoT | Intelligent Internet of Things |
| IoT-CRN | IoT- Cognitive Radio Network |
| LoRaLPWAN | Long Range Low-Power Wide Area Network |
| MAC | Medium Access Control |
| ML | Machine Learning |
| mmWave | MillimeterWave |
| NFC | Near Field Communication |
| OS | Operating Systems |
| PU | Primary User |
| RACIR | Restricted Access with Collision and Interference Resolution |
| RDC | Radio Duty Cycling |
| RFID | Radio-Frequency Identification |
| ROLL | Routing over Low Power and Lossy Networks |
| RTOS | Real Time Operating System |
| SAP | Service Access Point |
| SDN | Software Defined Network |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TSCH | Time Slotted Channel Hopping |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UoS | Utilization of Spectrum |
| UWSNs | Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks |
| V2X | Vehicular to Everything |
| VANETS | Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks |
| WSN | Wireless Sensor Networks |