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downlink definition - telecom
  1. The microwave radio link from a satellite to a terrestrial receive antenna. See also link, microwave, radio, and uplink.
  2. In a cellular network, the radio link from the base station (BS) to the mobile station (MS). See also cellular radio, link, radio, and uplink.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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