Patent ID: 9750028
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of carrier management for a multi-carrier reverse link transmission, the method comprising: transmitting a reverse link signal on a plurality of carriers, the reverse link signal comprising payload data and overhead data on each of the plurality of carriers; determining that a total transmit power on the plurality of carriers is greater than a maximum transmit power limit; if the total transmit power on the plurality of carriers is greater than the maximum transmit power limit, funneling all of the payload data onto a first carrier of the plurality of carriers, while maintaining transmission of the overhead data on all the carriers of the plurality of carriers; and dynamically adjusting the maximum transmit power limit of the plurality of carriers based on a lookup table that maps the maximum transmit power limit in accordance with an imbalance between a transmit power of the first carrier and a transmit power of a non-payload bearing carrier of the plurality of carriers.