| AWGN | additive white Gaussian noise |
| CDF | cumulative distribution function |
| CSI | channel-state information |
| CSI-T | channel-state information at the transmitter |
| probability density function | |
| PMF | probability mass function |
| RA | rearrangement algorithm |
| RIS | reconfigurable intelligent surface |
| SISO | single-input single-output |
| SNR | signal-to-noise ratio |
| SOP | secrecy outage probability |
| ZOC | zero-outage capacity |
| ZOSC | zero-outage secrecy capacity |
| ZOSR | zero-outage secrecy rate |