transport format has a control branch gain offset of 11/15 and a data branch gain

offset of 15/15. This indicates that the overhead generated by the control branch decreases as the bit
rate of the data branch increases. The log file also specifies the power offset to be applied between the
acknowledged PRACH preamble and the control part of the PRACH message. This power offset can
be configured to have any integer value between _5 and 10dB. In this example, both transport
formats have a power offset of 2 dB. Table 3.24 presents a set of example transmit powers for the
gain offsets specified in Log File 3.9 assuming that the acknowledged PRACH preamble had a
transmit power of 5 dBm. These figures illustrate that the transport format with the higher bit rate
makes use of a higher total transmit power although the transmit power allocated to the control
branch remains constant. RACH
TFI 0
TFI 1
CCCH, DCCH
DTCH
RACH
TFI 0
TFI 1
CCCH, DCCH
DTCH
RACH
TFI 0
TFI 1
Transport Format
Combination 2
(CTCF = 1)