| AWGN |
Additive white Gaussian noise |
| BBU |
Base band unit |
| BER |
Bit error rate |
| BS |
Base station |
| C-RAN |
Cloud RAN |
| EH |
Energy harvesting |
| FEC |
Forward error correction |
| FSO |
Free space optical |
| IM/DD |
Intensity-modulation direct-detection |
| MC |
Monte Carlo |
| NFP |
Networked flying platform |
| OOK |
On-off keying |
| pdf |
Probability density function |
| PAM |
Pulse amplitude modulation |
| PPM |
Pulse position modulation |
| RAN |
Radio access network |
| RRH |
Radio remote head |
| RV |
Random variable |
| SLIPT |
Simultaneous light-wave information and power transfer |
| UAV |
Unmanned aerial vehicle |
| V2X |
Vehicular-to-everything |