BCC	Body channel communication
BPM	Burst position modulation
BPSK	Binary phase shift keying
BS	Base station
BT	Bluetooth
CIR	Channel impulse response
CSS	Chirp spread spectrum
DS-CDMA	Direct-Sequence Code Division Multiple Access
DS-UWB	Direct-Sequence UWB
ECC	European Communication Committee
ECG	Electrocardiograph
EIRP	Equivalent isotropically radiated power
EPI	Electrode polarization impedance
EMC	Electromagnetic compatibility
EMG	Electromyography
FCC	Federal Communications Commission
FDTD	Finite difference time-domain
FEM	Finite element method
GI	Gastrointestinal
GPR	Ground penetrating radars
HBC	Human body communication
HMT	Human motion tracking
HR	Heart rate
IB2IB	In-body to in-body
IB2OB	In-body to on-body
IBC	Intrabody communication
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IMU	Inertial measurement unit
IR-UWB	Impulse radio UWB
LOS	Line of sight
MAC	Medium Access Control
MBOFDM	Multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
MB-UWB	multiband UWB
MICS	Medical Implant Communication Service
MPC	Multipath components
NLOS	Non-line of sight
OB2OB	On-body to on-body
PDP	Power delay profile
PHY	Physical layer
PL	Path loss
PRF	Pulse repetition frequency
PSD	Power spectral density
QoS	Quality-of-Service
RBM	Random body movement
RF	Radio frequency
RR	Respiration rate
RX	Receiver
SV	Saleh-Valenzuela
TH	Time-hopping
TOA	Time of arrival
TX	Transmitter
UWB	Ultra-wideband
WBAN	Wireless body area network
WBS	Wireless body sensors
WLAN	Wireless LAN
WPAN	Wireless personal area networks
WSN	Wireless sensor network