An apparatus configured for wireless communication involving a frequency division multiple access uplink, comprising: means for identifying a first subset of mobile devices served by the apparatus that are limited to single carrier UL transmission and a second subset of the mobile devices configured at least for multi-carrier UL transmission; means for generating an uplink, UL, transmission schedule for a population of mobile devices, wherein the means for generating assigns a contiguous block of UL resources to the first subset of the population of mobile devices for either a set of control information or a set of data information in any given transmission time slot, and assigns a non-contiguous block of UL resources to the second subset of the population of mobile devices for a set of control information and a set of data information in a single transmission time slot; means for establishing priority for a subset of multi-carrier traffic transmitted by a mobile device, wherein the priority establishes a target transmit power for a control portion of the multi-carrier traffic if the mobile device is constrained to a maximum transmit power, and further wherein the priority implies that the data traffic is to be transmitted at a power equal to a difference of the maximum transmit power and the target transmit power; means for specifying a first UL transmit power value for the first subset of the population of mobile devices and a second UL transmit power value for the second subset of the population of mobile devices based on the established priority; means for providing UL transmission power assignments for the first and second subset of the population of mobile devices based on the UL transmit power values; and means for transmitting the UL transmission schedule and UL transmit power assignments on a downlink to the population of mobile devices. means for identifying a first subset of mobile devices served by the apparatus that are limited to single carrier UL transmission and a second subset of the mobile devices configured at least for multi-carrier UL transmission; means for generating an uplink, UL, transmission schedule for a population of mobile devices, wherein the means for generating assigns a contiguous block of UL resources to the first subset of the population of mobile devices for either a set of control information or a set of data information in any given transmission time slot, and assigns a non-contiguous block of UL resources to the second subset of the population of mobile devices for a set of control information and a set of data information in a single transmission time slot; means for establishing priority for a subset of multi-carrier traffic transmitted by a mobile device, wherein the priority establishes a target transmit power for a control portion of the multi-carrier traffic if the mobile device is constrained to a maximum transmit power, and further wherein the priority implies that the data traffic is to be transmitted at a power equal to a difference of the maximum transmit power and the target transmit power; means for specifying a first UL transmit power value for the first subset of the population of mobile devices and a second UL transmit power value for the second subset of the population of mobile devices based on the established priority; means for providing UL transmission power assignments for the first and second subset of the population of mobile devices based on the UL transmit power values; and means for transmitting the UL transmission schedule and UL transmit power assignments on a downlink to the population of mobile devices.