Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A transmission path by which radio or other signals are sent to an aircraft, spacecraft, or a communications satellite.
- noun A communication channel through which a user transmits data to the Internet.
- transitive verb To transmit (data) by uplink.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The portion of a communications
link used for thetransmission of signals from an Earth terminal to asatellite or to an airborne platform. An uplink is the converse of adownlink . An uplink or downlink is distinguished fromreverse link orforward link . - noun By analogy and less formally, the communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server etc.
- noun
data transmission from a data station to theheadend . - noun GSM and cellular networks, uplink is the transmission path from a mobile station to the base station (cell site).
- verb To transmit a signal by means of an uplink.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission
Etymologies
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Examples
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Says ESPN's Mike Soltys: "Ultimate uplink is a visually compelling experience and has the potential to offer immediate reaction with newsmakers in a more engaging manner."
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ADSL2 can give you 24 Mb/s dedicated to a single customer – but the uplink is shared.
Verizon: Cablevision’s 101 Mbps Broadband a “Parlor Trick” 2009
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Stuart explained on-air that "ultimate uplink" is designed to enhance interviews.
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The idea-to stream black box data in real time, either directly to a ground station or by satellite relay-isn't new, even though there remains no consensus on whether to call it an uplink, which is conceptually accurate, or a downlink, which expresses the physical relationship of an airplane to the ground.
Wired Top Stories Wired 2011
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Also new is a powerful Monte Carlo simulation for LTE systems that allows for further exploration of network performance indicators, such as uplink CQI and interference statistics.
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Also new is a powerful Monte Carlo simulation for LTE systems that allows for further exploration of network performance indicators, such as uplink CQI and interference statistics.
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ESPN, which plans to launch a 3-D network this summer, unveiled "ultimate uplink" during Sunday's NBA pregame show on ABC.
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I want a direct uplink on this operation in real time.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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Then there's the fact that current networks are built with downlink capacity much greater than uplink.
What Price the Cloud? Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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You mean like losing the comm uplink to the UAV controllers?
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