Patent ID: 7411918

Claim:
A method for performing dynamic link adaptation by a user equipment (UE) having two coded composite transport channels (CCTrCHs) in an uplink time slot, the method comprising: estimating a transmit power for a first transport format combination (TFC) and a second TFC, each TFC corresponding to one CCTrCH; comparing the estimated transmit power for the first TFC with a maximum transmit power threshold of the UE; blocking the first TFC if the estimated transmit power for the first TFC exceeds the threshold; comparing the estimated transmit power for the second TFC with the threshold; blocking the second TFC if the estimated transmit power for the second TFC exceeds the threshold; comparing the combined transmit power of the first TFC and the second TFC with the threshold; and selectively blocking one TFC if the combined transmit power exceeds the threshold, the blocking being based on a predetermined rule.