| 5G | Fifth-Generation |
| AF | Amplify-and-Forward |
| AWGN | Adaptive White Gaussian Noise |
| BS | Base Station |
| CSI | Channel State Information |
| DF | Decode-and-Forward |
| EE | Energy Efficiency |
| EH | Energy Harvesting |
| FD | Full-Duplex |
| HD | Half-Duplex |
| IoTs | Internet of Things |
| MIMO | Multi-Input-Multi-Output |
| NOMA | Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access |
| OP | Outage Probability |
| PA | Power Allocation |
| PS | Power Splitting |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| SIC | Successive Interference Cancellation |
| SINR | Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio |
| SISO | Single-Input-Single-Output |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| SWIPT | Simultaneously Wireless Information Power Transmit |
| TAS | Transmit Antennas Selection |
| TS | Time Switching |
| WIP | Wireless Information Power |