| ASK | Amplitude Shift Keying |
| BER | Bit Error Rate |
| BPB | Bits per Beacon |
| BPS | Bits per Second |
| DFCE | Dual-function Communication and Echo-location |
| DSSS | Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum |
| EM | Electromagnetic |
| FSK | Frequency Shift Keying |
| IoT | Internet-of-Things |
| ISAC | Integrated Sensing and Communications |
| LOS | Line-of-Sight |
| NFC | Near-field Communications |
| NL | Noise Level |
| OFDM | Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| OOK | On-Off Keying |
| PRT | Pulse Repetition Time |
| PSK | Phase Shift Keying |
| RF | Radio-Frequency |
| RTT | Round Trip Time |
| SL | Source Level |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise-Ratio |
| SPL | Sound Pressure Level |
| TL | Transmission Loss |
| WASN | Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks |