| LoRaCog | The new proposed protocol |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| LPWAN | Low-Power Wide-Area Network |
| LoRaWAN | LoRa LPWAN protocol |
| CR | Cognitive Radio |
| ISM | Industrial, Scientific and Medical |
| ED | End Device |
| RX | Receive Window |
| Tx | Uplink transmission |
| GW | Gateway |
| NS | Network Server |
| RSSI | Radio Signal Strength Indicator |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| SDR | Software-Defined Radio |
| CSS | Chirp-Spread Spectrum |
| SF | Spreading Factor |
| QoS | Quality Of Service |
| TV | Television |
| MAC | Medium Access Control |
| EU | European Union |
| BW | Bandwidth |
| PU | Primary User |
| SU | Secondary User |
| OTA | Over The Air |
| NwkSKey | Network Session Key |