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. 2022 Apr 30;22(9):3438. doi: 10.3390/s22093438
3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
ABC Ambient Backscatter Communication
AGPS Assisted Global Positioning System
AI Artificial Intelligence
ANN Artificial Neural Networks
AR Augmented Reality
BS Base Stations
BLE Bluetooth Low Energy
CapEX Capital Expenditure
CDMA Code-Division Multiple Access
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
D2D Device-to-Device
EE Energy efficient
eMBB Enhanced Mobile Broadband
FBMC Filter-bank Multicarrier
GFDM Generalized Frequency-Division Multiplexing
GPS Global Positioning System
GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
H2M Human-to-Machine
HCS Human-Centric Service
HDNN High Dimension Neural Networks
HetNet Heterogeneous Network
ICS Industrial Control System
IERC IoT European Research Cluster
IIoT Industrial Internet of Things
IoE Internet of Everything
IoNT Internet of NanoThings
IoST Internet of SpaceThings
IoT Internet of Things
IoUT Internet of UnderwaterThings
IRS Reflective Surface
ITU International Telecom Union
KPI Key Performance Indicator
LoRaWAN Long Range Wide Area Network
LPWA Low-Power Wide-Area
LPWAN Low-Power Wide-Area Networks
LSTM Long Short-Term Memory
LTE Long Term Evolution
M2M Machine-to-Machine
MAC Message Authentication Code
mbRLLC Mobile broadband RLLC
MEC Mobile Edge Computing
MIMO Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output
MIT Massachute Institute of Technology
ML Machine Learning
mMTC Massive Machine Type Communication
MPS Multipurpose 3CLS and energy services
MTC Machine-type Communicaiton
muRLLC Massive uRLLC
NFC Near Field Communication
NOMA Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access
OAM Orbital Angular Momentum
OMA Orthogonal Multiple Access
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing
OpEX Operational Expenditure
OWC Optical Wireless Communications
QML Quantum Machine Learning
QoE Quality of Experience
QoS Quality of Service
RADAR Radio Detection And Ranging
SBC Single Board Computer
RF Radio Frequency
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RIS Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
RNN Recurrent Neural Network
RSSI received signal strength indicator
RTLS Real-Time Location monitoring System
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
SIoT Social Internet of Things
SON Self-Organizing Network
SWIPT Simultaneous Wireless and Information Power Transfer
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
THz Terahertz
TRL Technology Readiness Level
UDP User Datagram Protocol
uRLLC Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication
UUID Universally Unique Identifier
V2V Vehicle-to-Vehicle
VR Virtual Reality
VNI Visual Networking Index
VLC Visible Light Communication
WBCI Wireless Brain-Computer Interface
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WMMI Wireless Mind-Machine Interface
WNAN Wireless Neighborhood Area Network
WPAN Wireless Personal Area Network
WSN Wireless Sensor Network