| 3G | 3rd Generation Mobile Network |
| 3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| 3WHS | Three-Way Handshake |
| 4G | 4th Generation Mobile Network |
| 5G | 5th Generation Mobile Network |
| 5GC | 5G Core Network |
| 6G | 6th Generation Mobile Network |
| AccECN | Accurate Explicit Congestion Notification |
| ACK | Acknowledgment |
| AIAD | Adaptive Increase Adaptive Decrease |
| AIMD AMF AP |
Additive Increase Multiplicative Decrease Access and Mobility Management Function Access Point |
| AQM AUSF |
Active Queue Management Authentication Server Function |
| BALIA | Balanced Linked Adaptation Algorithm |
| BBR | Bottleneck Bandwidth and Round-Trip Propagation Time |
| BDP | Bandwidth-Delay Product |
| BIC | Binary Increase Congestion Control |
| BS | Base Station |
| BtlBw | Bottleneck Bandwidth |
| CC | Congestion Control |
| CoDel | Controlled Delay |
| CQI | Channel Quality Information |
| cwnd | Congestion Window |
| D-LIA | Dynamic Linked Increases Algorithm |
| DL-TCP | Deep-Learning-Based Transmission Control Protocol |
| DNN | Deep Neural Network |
| DRL | Deep Reinforcement Learning |
| DRW | Dynamic Receive Window |
| D-TCP | Dynamic Transmission Control Protocol |
| ECN | Explicit Congestion Notification |
| eMBB | Enhanced Mobile Broadband |
| eNB | Evolved Node B |
| EPC | Evolved Packet Core |
| gNB | Next Generation Node B |
| HARQ | Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
| IoE | Internet of Everything |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IRS | Intelligent Reflecting Surface |
| ITU-R | International Telecommunications Union–Radiocommunications Sector |
| IW | Initial Window |
| LIA | Linked Increases Algorithm |
| LOS | Line-of-Sight |
| M2M | Machine to Machine |
| MAC | Media Access Control |
| MDP | Markov Decision Process |
| MEC MIoT |
Mobile Edge Computing Massive Internet of Things |
| ML | Machine Learning |
| mMIMO | Massive Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output |
| mMTC | Massive Machine-Type Communication |
| mmWave | Millimeter-Wave |
| MP-TCP | Multipath TCP |
| MP-QUIC | Multipath QUIC |
| ms | millisecond |
| MSS | Maximum Segment Size |
| NF | Network Function |
| NFV | Network Function Virtualization |
| NIC | Network Interface Card |
| NLOS | Non-Line-of-Sight |
| OLIA | Opportunistic Linked Increases Algorithm |
| OSI | Open System Interconnection |
| PCC PCF |
Performance-Oriented Congestion Control Policy Control Function |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| QUIC | Quick User Datagram Protocol Internet Connection |
| RL | Reinforcement Learning |
| RLC | Radio Link Control |
| RTO | Retransmission Time-Out |
| RtProp | Round Trip Propagation Time |
| RTT | Round-Trip-Time |
| RTW-TCP | Real-Time Wireless Transmission Control Protocol |
| rwnd | Receiver Window |
| SA | Standalone |
| SACK | Selective Acknowledgment |
| SBA | Service-Based Architecture |
| SINR SMF |
Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio Session Management Function |
| ssthresh | Slow-Start Threshold |
| SYN | Synchronize |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TFO | Transmission Control Protocol Fast Open |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security |
| TMRG UDM |
Transport Modeling Research Group Unified Data Management |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UE | User Equipment |
| URLLC WiFi |
Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communication Wireless Fidelity |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
| YEAH | Yet Another Highspeed Transmission Control Protocol |