| ADR | Adaptive Data Rate |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| BSF | Best Server Feature |
| BW | Bandwidth |
| CDF | Cumulative Distribution Function |
| CR | Coding Rate |
| CSS | chirp spread spectrum |
| DR | Data Rate |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| ISM | Industrial, Scientific and Medical |
| ITM | Irregular Terrain Model |
| ITWOM | Irregular Terrain with Obstructions Model |
| LoS | Line-of-sight |
| LoRaWAN | LoRa Wide Area Network |
| LPWA | Low-Power Wide-Area |
| MAC | Medium Access Control |
| NLoS | Non-line-of-sight |
| NTIA | National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
| PHY | Physical |
| REST | Representational State Transfer |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| RSSI | Received Signal Strength Indication |
| RSSIC | RSSI Channel |
| RSSIS | RSSI Signal |
| RTE | Radiative Transfer Engine |
| SF | Spreading Factor |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| SSiO | Societal development through Secure IoT and Open Data |