Uplink
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In telecommunication, the term uplink (U/L) has the following meanings:
- The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from an Earth terminal to a satellite or to an airborne platform. An uplink is the converse of a downlink. An uplink or downlink is distinguished from reverse link or forward link.
- Pertaining to data transmission from a data station to the headend.
- Pertaining to GSM and cellular networks, the radio uplink is the transmission path from the Mobile Station (Cell Phone) to a Base Station (Cell Site). Traffic and signalling flows within the BSS and NSS may also be identified as uplink and downlink.
There are two computer games known as Uplink:
- Uplink (computer game), a 2001 game by Introversion Software
- Half-Life: Uplink, the demo version of the Half-Life 1 first-person shooter
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