uplink
verbEtymology From up + link.
1
To transmit a signal by means of an uplink.
uplink
nounEtymology From up + link.
1
The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.
2
Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications The communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server, etc.
By analogy; less formally; by analogy; less formally
3
Data transmission from a data station to the headend.