TTI

(Transmission Time Interval)

This is defined as the inter-arrival time of TBS (Transport Block Set), and is equal to
the periodicity at which a Transport Block Set is transferred by the physical layer on
the radio interface. It is always a multiple of the minimum interleaving period (e.g.
10ms, the length of one RF (Radio Frame)). The MAC(Medium Access Control)
delivers one Transport Block Set to the physical layer every TTI.

What is TTI in umts?

June 17, 2009 at 10:46 pm Filed under umts Tagged transport channel, tti, umts
The MAC layer generates a new transport block every 10-ms (or multiple of blocks.)
A set of simultaneous transport blocks is the transport block set.
The transmission time interval (TTI) is the duration of each transport block set.
This can be 10, 20, 40, 80 ms.
TTI does not tell you data size. It tells you how often the transport channel data rate can be changed.

Round-trip time (RTT)

called round-trip delay, is the time required for a signal pulse or packet to travel
from a specific source to a specific destination and back againRound-trip time
(RTT), also called round-trip delay, is the time required for a signal pulse
or packet to travel from a specific source to a specific destination and back
again. In this context, the source is the computer initiating the signal and the
destination is a remote computer or system that receives the signal and
retransmits it.
On the Internet, an end user can determine the RTT to and from an IP
(Internet Protocol) address bypinging that address. The result
depends on various factors including:
The data transfer rate of the source's Internet connection
The nature of the transmission medium (copper, optical
fiber, wireless orsatellite)

The physical distance between the source and the destination

The number of nodes between the source and the destination

The amount of traffic on the LAN (local area network) to which the end user is
connected

The number of other requests being handled by intermediate nodes and the
remote server

The speed with which intermediate nodes and the remote server function

The presence of interference in the circuit.

In a network, particularly a WAN (wide-area network) or the Internet, RTT is one of
several factors affecting latency, which is the time between a request for data and
the complete return or display of that data. The RTT can range from a few
milliseconds (thousandths of a second) under ideal conditions between closely
spaced points to several seconds under adverse conditions between points
separated by a large distance.
A theoretical minimum is imposed on the RTT because it can never be less than the
total length of time the signals spend propagating in or through the transmission
media. In a satellite communications system this minimum time can be
considerable because the RF (radio frequency) signals may have to propagate tens
of thousands of kilometers through space between the surface and the
satellite transponder.

In a radar system, the RTT is the length of time between the transmission of an RF
pulse towards a target and the arrival of the returned echo from that target.