UARFCN is an acronym that stands for UTRA Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number, where UTRA stands for UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access where UMTS stands for Universal Mobile Telephony System. These are used to identify frequencies in the UMTS frequency bands

UMTS frequency bands

The UMTS frequency bands are radio frequencies used by third generation wireless Universal Mobile Telecommunications System networks.They were allocated by delegates to the World Administrative Radio Conference held in Málaga-Torremolinos, Spain between February 3, 1992 and March 3, 1992...

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The channel number is derived from the frequency in MHz through the formula Channel Number = Frequency * 5.

External links

• 3gpp.org - 3rd Generation Partnership Project Standard