| MIMO | Multiple-input multiple-output |
| IoT | Internet of things |
| M2M | Machine to machine |
| LTE | Long term evolution |
| LAN | Local area network |
| MAC | Media access control |
| FDMA | Frequency division multiple access |
| AMPS | Advanced mobile phone systems |
| TACS | Total access communication system |
| TDMA | Time division multiple access |
| CDMA | Code division multiple access |
| 3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| GSM | Global system for mobile communication |
| GPRS | General packet radio service |
| EDGE | Enhanced data GSM evolution |
| MMS | Multimedia message support |
| HSPA+ | High speed packet access |
| HSDPA | High speed downlink packet access |
| HSUPA | High speed uplink packet access |
| QoS | Quality of service |
| HDTV | High definition television |
| WiMAX | Worldwide interoperability for microwave access |
| QAM | Quadrature amplitude modulation |
| IMT | International mobile telecommunications |
| CSI | Channel state information |
| CS | Compressed sensing |
| FDD | Frequency division duplexing |
| TDD | Time division duplexing |
| LS | Lease square |
| MMSE | Minimum mean square error |
| DPP | Dirty paper precoding |
| TH | Tomlinson Harashima |
| VP | Vector perturbation |
| MRC | Maximal ratio combining |
| ZF | Zero-Forcing |
| R-ZF | Regularized zero-forcing |
| WF | Water filling |
| RR | Round robin |
| PF | Proportional fair |
| PLL | Phase-locked loop |
| PAPR | Peak to average power ratio |
| SD | Sphere decoder |
| SIC | Successive interference cancellation |
| NSA | Neumann series approximation |
| SOR | Successive over-relaxation |
| ADMM | Alternating direction method of multipliers |
| AMP | Approximate message passing |
| DL | Deep learning |
| CNN | Convolutional neural networks |
| RNN | Recurrent neural networks |
| DNN | Deep neural networks |
| LSTM | Long short-term memory |
| NARX | Nonlinear autoregressive network with exogenous inputs |
| ARN | Autoregressive network |
| SSL | Semi-supervised learning |
| SL | Supervised learning |
| MICED | MIMO iterative channel estimation and decoding |
| VAMP | Variational approximate message passing |
| APRGS | Accelerated and Preconditioned Refinement of Gauss-Seidel |
| UM-MIMO | Ultra massive MIMO |
| SU-MIMO | Single user MIMO |
| MU-MIMO | Multi user MIMO |
| VLC | Visible light communication |