| 3GPP | Third-Generation Partnership Project |
| 8PSK | 8-ary Phase Shift Keying |
| AMQP | Advanced Message Queuing Protocol |
| BPSK | Binary Phase Shift Keying |
| CSMA | Carrier Sense Multiplier Access |
| CSMA/CA | Carrier Sense Multiplier Access with Collision Avoidance |
| CSS | Chirp Spread Spectrum |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| CoAP | Constrained Application Protocol |
| CN | Core Network |
| DBPSK | Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying |
| DQPSK | Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying |
| DVBS2 | Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite-Second Generation |
| DDS | Direct Distributed Service |
| DSSS | Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum |
| eMBB | enhanced Mobile Broadband |
| FDMA | Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| FSK | Frequency Shift Keying |
| GFSK | Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying |
| GPSK | Gaussian Phase Shift Keying |
| gNB | gNode-B |
| ICN | Information-Centric Networking |
| ISM | Industrial, Scientific, and Medical band |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LoRaWAN | Long-Range Wide Area Network |
| LPWA | Low Power Wide Area |
| LTN | Low Throughput Network |
| M2M | Machine to Machine |
| MEC | Mobile Edge Computing |
| MQTT | Message Queue Telemetry Transport |
| NB-IoT | Narrow-Band Internet of Things |
| OQPSK | Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying |
| OFDMA | Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| OSSS | Orthogonal Sequence Spread Spectrum |
| PCA | Priority Channel Access |
| QAM | Quadrature Amplitude Modulation |
| QoE | Quality of Experience |
| RPMA | Random Phase Multiplier Access |
| RN | Relay Node |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition |
| TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| UE | User Equipment |
| UPF | User Plane Function |
| XMPP | eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol |