| 4G | Fourth Generation (mobile/cellular networks) |
| 5G | Fifth Generation (mobile/cellular networks) |
| CN | Core Network |
| DiffServ | Differentiated Services |
| DO | Domain Orchestrator |
| DSC | Dedicated Short-Range Communication |
| DSCP | Differentiated Services Code Point |
| eMBB | evolved Mobile Broadband |
| GO | General Orchestrator |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IoV | Internet of Vehicles |
| ITS | Intelligent Transportation Systems |
| LP-WAN | Low Power—Wide Area Network |
| MANO | Management and Orchestration |
| MEC | Multi-Access Edge Computing |
| mMTC | massive Machine-Type Communication |
| NFV | Network Function Virtualization |
| OBU | On-Board Unit |
| OvS | Open vSwitch |
| PHB | Per Hop Behavior |
| QFI | QoS Flow ID |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| RAN | Radio Access Network |
| RAT | Radio Access Technology |
| RTT | Round Trip Time |
| SDF | Service Data Flow |
| SDN | Software Defined Network |
| SD-WAN | Software Defined—Wide Area Network |
| SCr | Slice Creator |
| SINR | Signal to Interference & Noise Ratio |
| SM | Slicing Manager |
| SSM | Slice Session Manager |
| TC | Traffic shaper and Controller |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UDR | Unified Data Repository |
| URLLC | Ultra-Reliable, Low-Latency Communication |
| VIM | Virtualized Infrastructure Manager |
| VNF | Virtualized Network Function |