A complete list of the ARFCNs and the associated radiochannels is given in the table below.

Band

Name

ARFCN

Uplink
(MHz)

GSM450

259 n 293

450.6 + 0,2(n-259)

fup(n) + 10

GSM700

GSM480
GSM750

306 n 340
438 n 511

479.0 + 0,2(n-306)
747.2 + 0.2(n-438)

fup(n) + 10
fup(n) + 30

GSM850

GSM850

128 n 251

824.2 + 0.2(n-128)

fup(n) + 45

1 n 124

890 + 0.2n

fup(n) + 45

0 n 124
975 n 1023
0 n 124
955 n 1023

890 + 0.2n
890 + 0.2(n-1024)
890 + 0.2n
890 + 0.2(n-1024)

fup(n) + 45

512 n 885

1710.2 + 0.2(n-512)

fup(n) + 95

512 n 810

1850.2 + 0.2(n-512)

fup(n) + 80

GSM400

Primary GSM
Extended GSM
GSM900
GSM Rail
GSM1800 GSM1800
(DCS1800)
GSM1900 GSM1900
(PCS1900)

Downlink
(MHz)

fup(n) + 45

ARFCN used in NT GSM network

GSM 900MHz

# ARFCN = 60 (1 to 60)

# BCCH ARFCN = 17 (32 to 48)

#TCH ARFCN = 30 (1 to 30)

12 ARFCN are temporarily used for both BCCH and TCH

GSM 1800MHz

# ARFCN = 49 (512 to 560)

# BCCH ARFCN = 31 (512 to 542)

#TCH ARFCN = 17 (544 to 560)

WCDMA BAND
WCDMA FDD mode

WCDMA TDD mode.

1920-1980 MHz (uplink) and 2110-2170 MHz (downlink)

Each carrier has 5MHz band.
Duplex spacing-190 MHz
Frequency channel No= central freq. * 5
Uplink central frequency=(1922.4-1977.6) with increment 0.2
Downlink central frequency=(2112.4-2167.6) with increment 0.2
No. of carrier=(1920-1980)/5=12

1900-1920 MHz and 2020-2025 MHz for WCDMA

TDD mode.

NT 1st carrier-10813 (downlink central frequency=10813/5=2162.6 MHz

and uplink central frequency=downlink c. freq.-190=1972.6 MHz)
NT 2nd carrier- 10838

FDD systems use different frequency bands

for uplink and downlink

TDD systems use same frequency for both up

link and downlink.