Patent ID: 8593979

Claim:
A method for controlling uplink transmit power at a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: allocating uplink transmit power P C1 to P Ck for one or more transmission channels C 1 to C k such that a total uplink transmit power allocated to the one or more transmission channels C 1 to C k does not exceed a predetermined maximum transmit power of the user equipment, where k is a number of the one or more transmission channels and P Ci is the uplink transmit power of the transmission channel C i ; and performing uplink transmission through the one or more transmission channels C 1 to C k at the uplink transmit power P C1 to P Ck , wherein the uplink transmit power P C1 to P Ck for the one or more transmission channels C 1 to C k is allocated based on a predetermined priority order that includes, from highest priority to lowest priority, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback channel, a fast feedback channel (FBCH), a ranging channel, a sounding channel, a data channel, and a bandwidth request channel.