ACC

Average Clustering Coefficient

ACES

Average flow Capacity Enhancement using Small-world characteristics

AND

Average Neighbor Degree

ANeD

Average Network Delay

ANFC

Average Network Flow Capacity

APL

Average Path Length

APLB

Average Path Length to Base Station

APSP

All Pair Shortest Path

ASP

Algebraic Signal Processing

ATPL

Average Transmission Path Length

BA model

Barabási-Albert model

BC

Betweenness Centrality

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

BS

Base Station

CBP

Call Blocking Probability

CC

Closeness Centrality

C-SWAWN

Constrained Small-World Architecture for Wireless Network

CKWT

Crovella and Kolaczyk Wavelet Transform

CLT

Central Limit Theorem

CR

Cognitive Radio

CWT

Continuous Wavelet Transform

DAG

Directed Acyclic Graph

DAS

Directed Augmentation towards the Sink

DC

Degree Centrality

DFS

Depth-First Search

DFT

Discrete Fourier Transform

DN

Destination Node

DNT

Directed Neighbor Table

DRM

Directed Random Model

DSP

Discrete Signal Processing

DSP_G

Discrete Signal Processing on Graphs

DTFT

Discrete-Time Fourier Transform

DU

Downsample then Upsample

DWT

Discrete Wavelet Transform

EC

Eigenvector Centrality

EEE

Exploration-Exploitation Expert method

EHD

End-to-end Hop Distance

ER

Erdös-Renyi

FBC

Flow Betweenness Centrality

GA

Genetic Algorithm

G-APL

Gateway-APL

GAGS

Gateway-aware Greedy LL Addition Strategy

GAS

Gateway-aware LL Addition Strategy

GFT

Graph Fourier Transform

GFT-C

Graph Fourier Transform Centrality

GSP

Graph Signal Processing

GWT

Graph Wavelet Transform

H-Sensor

High-Sensor

HeSN

Heterogeneous Sensor Network

HgSWWSN

Homogeneous Small-World Wireless Sensor Network

HND

Highest Nodal Degree

HSN

Heterogeneous Sensor Network

HWSN

Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network

ID-SWWSN

Inhibition Distance–based Small-World Wireless Sensor Network

IGFT

Inverse Graph Fourier Transform

LL

Long-ranged Link

LM-GAS

Load-Balanced M-GAS

LNPR

Load-aware Non-persistent Small-World LL Routing

LRA

Long-Ranged link Affinity

L-Sensor

Low-Sensor

LSI

Linear Shift Invariant

LTI

Linear Time Invariant

M-GAS

Multi-Gateway-Aware LL Addition Strategy

MANET

Mobile Ad hoc Network

MaxBC

Maximum Betweenness Centrality

MaxCap

Maximum flow Capacity

MaxCC

Maximum Closeness Centrality

MaxCCD

Maximum Closeness Centrality Disparity

MEMS

Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems

MinAEL

Minimum Average Edge Length

MinAPL

Minimum Average Path Length

MS

Monitoring Station

MST

Minimum Spanning Tree

NAW

Neighbor Avoiding Walk

NFC

Network Flow Capacity

NL

Normal Link

NPLL

Non-Persistent LL

NT

Neighbor Table

NW-SWWSN

Newman-Watts model–based Small-World Wireless Sensor Network

PL

Path Length

QAM

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

QMF

Quadrature Mirror Filter bank

QoS

Quality of Service

RAS

Random LL Addition Strategy

RM-SWWSN

Random Model Heterogeneous Small-World Wireless Sensor Network

RSSI

Received Signal Strength Indicator

SBD

Short Burst Data

SDLA

Sequential Deterministic LL Addition

SF

Scaling Factor

SFN

Scale-Free Network

SGWT

Spectral Graph Wavelet Transform

SiN

Sink Node

SINR

Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio

SN

Source Node

SR

Smart Router

STFT

Short-Time Fourier Transform

STN

String Topology Network

SW

Small-World

SWCR

Small-World-based Cooperative Routing

SWWMN

Small-World Wireless Mesh Networks

SWWSN

Small-World Wireless Sensor Network

TDD

Time Division Duplex

TV

Total Variation

TXOP

Transmission Opportunity

UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

VRAM-SWWSN    

Variable Rate Adaptive Modulation–based Small-World Wireless Sensor Network

WFB

Wireless Flow Betweenness

WFT

Windowed Fourier Transform

WGFT

Windowed Graph Fourier Transform

WMN

Wireless Mesh Networks

WS

Watts-Strogatz model

WSN

Wireless Sensor Network

ZFB

Zero-Forcing Beamforming