Backhaul Definition
băkhôl
backhauls
noun
Cargo or freight that is transported on the return trip of a journey.
American Heritage
The return trip made, as by a truck or cargo ship, after delivering a load to a specified destination.
Webster's New World
The transmission of video or audio signals in an unedited format directly to a network or studio, usually by satellite.
American Heritage
The material so transmitted.
American Heritage
The part of a telecommunications network that connects the main body of the network with smaller subnetworks.
American Heritage
verb
To transmit (traffic on a telecommunications network) from the main network to smaller subnetworks.
Employed a satellite link to backhaul cell phone traffic.
American Heritage
To make such a trip, often with no load as required by regulations.
Webster's New World
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