| ACK | Acknowledgement |
| AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
| B-procedure | Bidirectional procedure |
| BCH | Bose–Chaudhuri–Hocquenghem code |
| BPSK | Binary phase-shift keying |
| BS | Base Station |
| CRC | Cyclic redundancy check |
| CRX | Continuous RX |
| DBPSK | Differential binary phase-shift keying |
| DL | Downlink |
| DRX | Discontinuous RX |
| ECC | Error Correction Code |
| FT | Frame Type |
| GFSK | Gaussian frequency shift keying |
| IIoT | Industrial IoT |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| LPWAN | Low-power wide-area network |
| MAC | Medium access control |
| NRX | No RX |
| PDR | Packet Delivery Rate |
| PER | Packet Error Rate |
| PHY | Physical layer |
| PLR | Packet Loss Rate |
| RSSI | Received Signal Strength Indicator |
| RX | Receiver |
| SF | Spreading Factor |
| SINR | Signal to interference and noise ratio |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise ratio |
| U-procedure | Uplink procedure |
| UL | Uplink |