| NB-IoT: | Narrowband Internet of Things |
| NB-IoT node: | Device equipped with a processor |
| and an NB-IoT modem such as a sensor node, | |
| a smart water meter, etc. | |
| N-MANC: | Narrowband Internet of Things |
| Mixed spread spectrum and clustering | |
| Approach with Network Coding | |
| N-AFHSS: | Narrowband Internet of Things |
| with Adaptive Frequency Hopping | |
| and Spread Spectrum Technique | |
| N-LEACH: | Narrowband Internet of Things |
| with Low Energy Adaptive Clustering | |
| Hierarchy protocol | |
| N-MANNC: | Narrowband Internet of Things Mixed spread |
| spectrum and clustering Approach | |
| with No Network Coding | |
| LTE: | Long Term Evolution |
| 3GPP: | Third Generation Partnership Project |
| RSSI: | Received Signal Strength Indicator |