uplink

noun

up·link ˈəp-ˌliŋk

: a communications channel for transmissions to a spacecraft or satellite

also : the transmissions themselves

: a facility on earth for transmitting to a spacecraft or satellite

uplink verb

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Configuring Uplink and Downlink Channels In order for a smartphone to work properly on a cellular network, engineers need to effectively configure the size of that devices’ uplink control channel, which transmits feedback on network quality. —

IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2018 The more spectrum the uplink control channel uses, the better the quality of data transmission could be from a customer’s smartphone —but this also means that there is less spectrum available for data transmission. —

IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2018 But one of the things that is emerging is the ability for uplinks and downlinks to both be incredibly robust and to handle massive amounts of capacity. —

Fortune Editors, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024 More promising has been NASA’s own tests last year of a 622 megabit per second laser uplink to the moon. —

IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2014 See all Example Sentences for uplink