NTN Feeder Link
ntnfeederlink.com
§1 — Definition
NTN Service Link
The conceptual access-side radio relationship between user equipment and a non-terrestrial platform.
§2 — Relationships
Closest related capability
Difference
Relationship
Closest comparison and adjacent concepts.
NTN Service Link connects the platform-facing access path to user equipment. NTN Feeder Link connects the platform to gateway infrastructure, while payload capabilities describe relay or onboard-processing context.
What separates them
The service link connects user equipment to the platform; the feeder link connects gateway infrastructure to the platform.
How they work together
The two links bound the user-facing and gateway-facing sides of the path without defining what processing occurs in the payload.
See also
§3 — Standards and AuthorityPrimary authority ↗ Primary authority ↗
Where the terminology comes from.
3GPP expressly describes the service link as the wireless link between the NTN payload and user equipment and illustrates it within NTN architecture.
Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) · Official 3GPP technology overview
Defines the service link and shows its position between the platform and user equipment.
Solutions for NR to support Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) · 3GPP TR 38.821
Provides the official technical-report record for the Release 16 NTN radio-access solution study.
§4 — Evaluation
Apply the distinction to the decision at hand.
The distinction helps evaluators frame compatibility, access, and service questions without turning a semantic definition into a service claim.
§5 — LJP Foundation
How this capability fits the package.
NTN Service Link separates user-equipment access questions from gateway-facing Feeder Link questions and from payload or coverage context.
NTN Service Link addresses the user-facing relationship within the five-capability family.
§6 — Machine-Readable Resources
Public identity and discovery resources.
- Namespace manifesthttps://ntnservicelink.com/namespace.json
- Public ontologyhttps://ntnservicelink.com/ontology.jsonld
- LLM summaryhttps://ntnservicelink.com/llms.txt
- Robots policyhttps://ntnservicelink.com/robots.txt
- Sitemaphttps://ntnservicelink.com/sitemap.xml
§7 — Credibility Boundary
What this reference does not claim.
This namespace provides no service guarantee, compatibility claim, protocol, spectrum entitlement, interface definition, capacity, latency, mobility, deployment, or performance assurance.
This namespace is an LJP editorial construct. It claims no standards ownership or external endorsement and selects no vendor or implementation; protected methods and transaction materials are not disclosed.