3GPP	3rd Generation Partnership Project
5G-EIR	5G-Equipment Identity Register
AF	Application Function
AMF	Access and Mobility Management Function
API	Application Programming Interface
AUSF	Authentication Server Function
BFT	Byzantine Fault Tolerant
BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
CAPIF	Common Application Programming Interface Function
CIF	Container Infrastructure Service
COE	Container Orchestration Engine
CP	Control Plane
CNF	Container Network Function
CSMA/CD	Carrier Sensing Multiple Access Collision Detection
DN	Data Network
ETSI	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FBA	Federated Byzantine Agreement
FBAS	Federated Byzantine Agreement System
FLP	Fischer, Lynch, and Paterson
GST	Global Synchronization Time
IFA	Interfaces and Architecture
ISP	Internet Service Provider
LoRaWAN	Long Range Wide-Area Network
MANO	Management and Orchestration
MNO	Mobile Network Operator
MVNO	Mobile Virtual Network Operator
NEF	Network Exposure Function
NF	Network Function
NFVI	Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure
NFV	Network Function Virtualization
NRF	Network Repository Function
NSF	Network Service Function
NSSF	Network Slice Selection Function
NWDAF	Network Data Analytics Function
PaaS	Platform as a Service
PCF	Policy Control Function
POP	Point of Presence
POW	Proof-of-Work
RAN	Radio Access Network
REST	Representational State Transfer
SDN	Software Defined Networking
SEPP	Security Edge Protection Proxy
SMF	Session Management Function
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
UDM	Unified Data Management
UDR	Unified Data Repository
UDSF	Unstructured Data Storage Function
UE	User Equipment
UP	User Plane
UPF	User Plane Function
VF	Virtual Function
VL	Virtual Links
VNF	Virtual Network Function