5GPPP	5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership
ACPI	Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
and	Automatic Distribution Network
AMD®	Advanced Micro Devices
ANN	Artificial Neural Network
API	Application Programming Interface
AR	Adaptive Rate
AF_XDP	Address Family eXpress Data Path
BMAP	Batch Markov Arrival Process
BS	Base Station
BSS	Business Support System
CAGR	Compound Annual Growth Rate
CAPEX	Capital Expenditure
CNF	Containerized Network Function
COE	Cost Of Energy
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CSP	Communications Service Provider
DAG	Directed Acyclic Graph
DG	Diesel Generator
DPDK	Data Plane Development Kit
DSA	Domain Specific Architecture
DVFS	Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling
EPC	Evolved Packet Core
ES	Energy Storage
ETSI	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
GAM	Generalized Additive Model
GHG	Greenhouse Gas
HEVC	High Efficiency Video Coding
HW	Hardware
IDS	Intrusion Detection System
IO	Input/Output
IP	Internet Protocol
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
IT	Information Technology
ITU	International Telecommunications Union
KVM	Kernel Virtual Machine
LCA	Life Cycle Assessment
LLC	Last-level-cache
LTE	Long Term Evolution
LTE-A	Long Term Evolution-Advanced
LPI	Low-Power Idle
LXC	Linux Containers
MANO	Management and Orchestration (ETSI)
MB	Megabyte
MBS	Macro-cell Base Station
MILP	Mixed Integer Linear Programming
MIMO	Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output
MIPS	Millions of Instructions Per Second
MOS	Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
MEC	Multi-Access Edge Computing
ML	Machine Learning
MNO	Mobile Network Operator
MTU	Maximum Transmission Unit
NANOG	North American Network Operators Group
NFV	Network Functions Virtualization
NIC	Network Interface Card
NPC	Net Present Cost
NUMA	Non-Uniform Memory Architecture
OPEX	Operational Expenditure
OS	Operating System
OSS	Operational Support System
PAD	Problem–Approach–Development
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDU	Power Distribution Unit
PMD	Poll Mode Driver
PTN	Public Telecommunications Network
PV	Photovoltaic
QAT	QuickAssist ® Technology
QoS	Quality of Service
RAM	Random Access Memory
RAN	Radio Access Network
RAPL	Running Average Power Limit
RE	Renewable Energy
RES	Renewable Energy Source
RRH	Remote Radio Head
RU	Research Unit
SBA	Service-based architecture
SCBS	Small Cell Base Station
SDN	Software Defined Networking
SGW	Serving Gateway
SPEC	Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
SR-IOV	Single Root Input Output Virtualization
SVM	Support Vector Machine
TCO	Total Cost of Ownership
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TOE	TCP Offload Engine
TOU	Time-Of-Use
TPC-W	Transaction Processing Performance Council—Web
UA	User Association
vCPU	Virtual CPU
VDU	Virtual Deployment Unit
VE	Virtual Entity
VM	Virtual Machine
VNF	Virtual Network Function
VNI	Visual Networking Index
WIPS	Web Interactions Per Second
WSC	Warehouse Scale Computing