| AP | Access Point |
| BO | BackOff procedure |
| BSS | Basic Service Set (BSS) |
| CCA | Clear Channel Assessment |
| CW | Contention Window |
| CWmax | Contention Window maximum |
| CWmin | Contention Window minimum |
| DIFS | Distributed coordination function InterFrame Space |
| ED | Energy Detection |
| EHT | Extremely High Throughput |
| FT | Faster Transmission |
| LBT | Listen-Before-Talk scheme |
| LLC | Logical Link Control layer |
| LMAC | Lower-Medium Access Control |
| MAC | Medium Access Control |
| MCS | Modulation and Coding Scheme |
| MLO | MultiLink Operation |
| MLD | MultiLink Device |
| MU-EDCA | MultiUser Enhanced Distributed Channel Access |
| OBSS | Overlapping Basic Service Set |
| PHY | PHYsical layer |
| PIFS | Point coordination function InterFrame Space |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| SAP | Service Access Point |
| STR | Simultaneous Transmission and Reception |
| SLD | Single-Link Device |
| SLO | Single-Link Operation |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TID | Traffic IDentifier |
| UMAC | Upper-Medium Access Control |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |