backhaul
Return trip cargo
Backhaul refers to the return leg of a transportation route, typically when a truck or ship carries cargo back after making a delivery rather than returning empty.
Shippers seek backhaul loads to offset costs: We found a backhaul shipment of lumber for the return trip.
In telecommunications, backhaul is the infrastructure connecting local networks to the internet's core—the intermediate links between cell towers and central hubs.
Goods being transported
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- cargoTransported goods
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- deadheadFaded bloom needing removal
repositioning · container · trailer · drayage · carrier · distribution · shipment · transit
Data transmission capacity
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
- uplinkTransmission to spacecraft
- downlinkSpacecraft-to-Earth transmission
- transmissionSending of information
latency · router · broadband · ISP · WAN · backbone · throughput · aggregation
Transmission to spacecraft
- transponderSignal-activated transmitter
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- studioCreative professional's workspace
- transmissionSending of information
feed · relay · remote · contribution · distribution · microwave · encoder · signal
freight
Goods being transported
deadhead · repositioning · container · trailer · drayage · carrier · distribution · shipment · transit · conveyance
bandwidth
Data transmission capacity
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
- uplinkTransmission to spacecraft
- downlinkSpacecraft-to-Earth transmission
transmission · latency · router · broadband · ISP · WAN · backbone · throughput · aggregation · connectivity
uplink
Transmission to spacecraft
- transponderSignal-activated transmitter
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- studioCreative professional's workspace
transmission · feed · relay · remote · contribution · distribution · microwave · encoder · signal · affiliate
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, telephone calls
- truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, truckers, big rig
- haulingtow, lug, heave, pull, drag
- freightcargo, cargo ships, air freight, freight rates, bulk freight
- telecom equipmentrouters, servers, modems, switches, antennas
- telecom infrastructurecell tower, telephone pole, central office, switchboard, phone line