| A2G | Air-to-Ground |
| AMPS | Advanced Mobile Phone System |
| APs | Altitude Platforms |
| BS | Base Station |
| CAPEX | Capital Expenditure |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| D2D | Device-To-Device |
| FANET | Flying Ad-Hoc Network |
| FFTx | Fiber-To-The-x |
| GBS | Ground BS |
| GEO | Geostationary Orbit Satellite |
| GT | Ground Terminal |
| HAPs | High-altitude Platform |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LAPs | Low-Altitude Platform |
| LDC | Least-Developed Country |
| LEO | Low-altitude Earth Orbit Satellite |
| LOS | Line-of-Sight |
| LTE-NR | LTE-New Radio |
| MANET | Mobile Ad-Hoc Network |
| MCI | Mobile Connectivity Index |
| MEO | Medium-altitude Earth Orbit Satellite |
| ML | Machine Learning |
| MNO | Mobile Network Operator |
| MTC | Machine-Type Communication |
| NLOS | Non-Line-of-Sight |
| NOMA | Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access |
| PL | Path Loss |
| QoS | Quality Of Service |
| RDP | Rural Population Density |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| SCPs | Stratospheric Communication Platforms |
| SUAV | Small UAV |
| SWAP | Size, Weight, and Power constraint |
| TBD | To-Be-Developed |
| TVWS | Television White Space |
| UAS | Unmanned Aerial System |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UE | User Equipment |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| UTM | UAS Traffic Management |
| VANET | Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network |
| VDSL | Very-high-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line |