What is ARFCN used for?

In GSM cellular networks, an absolute radio-frequency channel number (ARFCN) is a code that specifies a pair of physical radio carriers used for transmission and reception in a land mobile radio system, one for the uplink signal and one for the downlink signal .

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What is ARFCN in 2g?

The Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN) is a unique number given to each radio channel in GSM. The ARFCN can be used to calculate the exact frequency of the radio channel. Within the GSM900 band ARFCN 1 to 124 are used.

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What are GSM channels?

GSM uses a variety of ‘channels’ in which the data is carried. In GSM, these channels are separated into physical channels and logical channels . The Physical channels are determined by the timeslot, whereas the logical channels are determined by the information carried within the physical channel.

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