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

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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