| ACM | Authentication Control Mechanism |
| ACS | Authentication Control Slot |
| AID | Association Identifier |
| AssocReq | Association Request |
| AuthReq | Authentication Request |
| b/s | bits per second |
| BI | Beacon Interval |
| BLE | Bluetooth Low Energy |
| BSS | Sasic Service Set |
| CAC | Centralized Authentication Control |
| CAS | Channel Access Slot |
| CCM | Collision Chain Mitigation |
| CRS | Contention Reservation Scheme |
| DAC | Distributed Authentication Control |
| DTIM | Delivery Traffic Indication Map |
| EDCCA | Energy Detection Clear Channel Assessment Method |
| FASUS | Fast Association Based on Speculating the Number of Stations |
| FILS | Fast Initial Link Setup |
| FKR | Fast Key Re-authentication |
| G-RAP | Renewal Access Protocol with Grouping |
| GS-DCF | Group-synchronized Distributed Coordination Function |
| GTS | Guaranteed Time Slot |
| HAN | Home Area Network |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IoV | Internet of Vehicles |
| kbps | kilobits per second |
| LEACH | Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy |
| LoRa | Long Range |
| LPWAN | Low-Power Wide Area Networks |
| M2M | Machine-to-Machine |
| MAC | Medium Access Control |
| MIMO | Multi Input Multi Output |
| MTC | Machine-Type Communication |
| NAN | Neighborhood Area Network |
| NB-IoT | Narrowband-IoT |
| OFDM | Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| PHY | Physical Layer |
| PS | Power Saving |
| PSM | Power Saving Mechanism |
| PSMP | Power Save Multi-Poll |
| RAP | Renewal Access Protocol |
| RAW | Restricted Access Window |
| RPS | RAW Parameter Set |
| RSSI | Received Signal Strength Indication |
| SP | Service Period |
| STA | Station |
| STS | Sequential Transmission Scheme |
| TAROA | Traffic-Adaptive RAW Optimization Algorithm |
| TBTT | Target Beacon Transmission Time |
| TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access |
| TDoA | Time Difference of Arrival |
| TIM | Traffic Indication Map |
| TP | Traffic Profile |
| TWT | Target Wakeup Time |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WPAN | Wireless Personal Area Network |