| 3G | third generation |
| ACM | approximate conditional mean |
| AIC | Akaike information criterion |
| AME | asymptotic multiuser efficiency |
| AMPS | advanced mobile phone system |
| AR | autoregressive |
| ARMA | autoregressive moving average |
| AWGN | additive white Gaussian noise |
| BCJR | Bahl,Cocke,Jelinek,and Raviv |
| BER | bit-error rate |
| BPSK | binary phase-shift keying |
| CCD | canonical correlation decomposition |
| CCI | co-channel interference |
| CDLM | conditional dynamic linear model |
| CDMA | code-division multiple access |
| CSI | channel state information |
| DFE | decision feedback equalizer |
| DFT | discrete Fourier transform |
| DMI | direct matrix inversion |
| DS | direct sequence |
| DS-SS | direct-sequence spread spectrum |
| ED | eigen decomposition |
| EM | expectation-maximization |
| FDMA | frequency-division multiple access |
| FER | frame-error rate |
| FH | frequency hopping |
| FIR | finite impulse response |
| GSM | global system for mobile |
| HMM | hidden Markov model |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IF | influence function |
| IIRin | infinite impulse response |
| IS-95 | Interim Standard 95 |
| ISI | inter-symbolinterference |
| ISM | industrial, scientific, and medical |
| LAN | local area network |
| LCMV | linearly constrained minimum variance |
| LDPC | low-density parity check |
| LLR | log- likelihood ratio |
| LMS | least mean squares |
| MAI | multiple-access interference |
| MAN | metropolitan area network |
| MAP | maximum a posteriori probability |
| MCMC | Markov chain Monte Carlo |
| MDL | minimum description length |
| MF | matched filter |
| MIMO | multiple-input /multiple-output |
| MKF | mixture Kalman filter |
| ML | maximum likelihood |
| MLSD | maximum-likelihood sequence detector |
| MMSE | minimum mean-square error |
| MOE | minimum output energy |
| MPSK | M -ary phase-shift keying |
| MSE | mean-square error |
| MSIR | maximum signal-to-interference ratio |
| MUD | multiuser detection |
| NAHJ | noise-averaged Hermitian Jacobi |
| NBI | narrowband interference |
| NMT | Nordic mobile telephone |
| OFDM | orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing |
| PAN | personal area network |
| PASTd | projection approximation subspace tracking with deflation |
| PEP | pairwise error probability |
| QAM | quadrature amplitude modulation |
| QPSK | quadrature phase-shift keying |
| RLS | recursive least squares |
| SDMA | space-division multiple access |
| SINR | signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio |
| SIR | signal-to-interference ratio |
| SIS | sequential importance sampling |
| SISO | soft-input/soft-output |
| SMC | sequential Monte Carlo |
| SNR | signal-to-noise ratio |
| STC | space-time code |
| STBC | space-time block code |
| STTC | space-time trellis code |
| SVD | singular value decomposition |
| TCM | trellis-coded modulation |
| TDL | tapped delay line |
| TDMA | time-division multiple access |
| ULA | uniform linear array |
| UWB | ultrawideband |
| VHF | very high frequency |
| VLSI | very large scale integrated |
| WCDMA | wideband CDMA |
| WER | word-error rate |
| WLL | wireless local loop |
| ZF | zero forcing |
