| 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 |