AMI	Advanced Metering Infrastructure
BB	Bounding box
BU	Bottom–Up approach
CC	Control Center
CP	Candidate Position
DA	Distribution Automation device
DL	Diffraction Loss
DNP3	Distributed Network Protocol
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ITU	International Telecommunication Union
LDL	Link Diffraction Loss
LPL	Link Power Loss
LRP	Link Received Power
MST	Minimum Spanning Tree
NAN	Neighborhood Area Network
PL	Path Loss
SCADA	Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SDR	Successful Delivery Rate
SG	Smart Grid
SM	Smart Meter
SUI	Stanford University Interim
TD	Top–Down approach
VLANs	Virtual Local Area Network
WAN	Wide-Area Network