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 |