| CR | Cognitive radio |
| SU | Secondary users |
| PU | Primary users |
| MBSS | Multiband spectrum sensing |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise ratio |
| IoT | Internet of things |
| ED | Energy detector |
| MRA | Multiresolution analysis |
| ML | Machine learning |
| HFD | Higuchi fractal dimension |
| SDR | Software-defined radio |
| USRP | Universal software radio peripheral |
| MIMO | Multiple-input multiple-output |
| Tx | Transmitters |
| Rx | Receivers |
| PSD | Power spectral density |
| MSPS | Mega samples per second |
| AWGN | Additive white Gaussian noise |
| PS | Probability of success |
| TP | True positive |
| FN | False negative |
| FP | False positive |
| TN | True negative |