NB-IoT	Narrowband Internet of Things
EE	Energy Efficiency
3GPP	Third generation partnership
mMTC	Massive machine type communications
RU	Resource Unit
LTE	Long-Term Evolution
SC	Subcarrier
NP	NPDCCH period
MCS	Modulation and coding scheme
QoS	Quality of service
BLER	Block error rate
SC-FDMA	Single carrier frequency-division multiple access
TS	Time slot
SNR	Signal-to-noise ratio
NPUSCH	Narrowband physical uplink shared channel
NPDCCH	Narrowband physical downlink control channel
NPDSCH	Narrowband physical downlink shared channel
NPRACH	Narrowband physical random access channel
NPBCH	Narrowband physical broadcast channel
NPSS	Narrowband primary synchronization signal
NSSS	Narrowband secondary synchronization signal
DCI	Downlink control information
RA	Random access
BS	Base station
TBS	Transport block size