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. 2021 Dec 1;21(23):8037. doi: 10.3390/s21238037
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