uplink
The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a…The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.
Meaning
3 sensesThe portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.
The communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server, etc.
Data transmission from a data station to the headend.
- a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission
Origin
From up + link.From up + link.
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