Prioritization of uplink transmissions by repeaters

A network-controlled repeater (NCR), comprising:

• a transceiver of an NCR mobile termination (NCR-MT) entity configured to receive:
• first information for a first uplink transmission by the NCR-MT entity on a control link (C-link) of the NCR, and
• second information for a second uplink transmission by an NCR forward (NCR-Fwd) entity on a backhaul link (BH-link) of the NCR, wherein the second uplink transmission overlaps with the first uplink transmission in one or symbols;
• a processor of the NCR-MT entity operably coupled to the transceiver of the NCR-MT entity, the processor of the NCR-MT entity configured to:
• identify a power limit for simultaneous transmission by the NCR-MT entity and by the NCR-Fwd entity;
• and
• determine:
• a first power for the first uplink transmission and a second power for the second uplink transmission,
• in response to a sum of the first power and the second power in the one or more symbols exceeding the power limit, a third power for the first uplink transmission and a fourth power for the second uplink transmission, wherein a sum of the third power and the fourth power does not exceed the power limit;
• and
• a transceiver of the NCR-Fwd entity operably coupled to the processor of the NCR-MT entity, the transceiver of the NCR-Fwd entity configured to transmit the second uplink transmission with the fourth power in the one or more symbols, and
• wherein the transceiver of the NCR-MT entity is further configured to transmit the first uplink transmission with the third power in the one or more symbols.

A base station, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to transmit, to a network-controlled repeater (NCR) mobile termination (NCR-MT) entity of an NCR:
• first information for a first uplink reception from the NCR-MT entity on a control link (C-link) of the NCR, and
• second information for a second uplink reception from an NCR forward (NCR-Fwd) entity on a backhaul link (BH-link) of the NCR, wherein the second uplink reception overlaps with the first uplink reception in the one or more symbols;
• a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to:
• identify a power limit for simultaneous transmission by the NCR-MT entity and by the NCR-Fwd entity;
• determine:
• a first power for the first uplink reception and a second power for the second uplink reception, and
• in response to a sum of the first power and the second power in the one or more symbols exceeding the power limit, a third power for the first uplink reception and a fourth power for the second uplink reception, wherein a sum of the third power and the fourth power does not exceed the power limit;
• and
• wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive:
• from of the NCR-MT entity, the first uplink reception, which is associated with the third power, in the one or more symbols, and
• from the NCR-Fwd entity, the second uplink reception, which is associated with the fourth power, in the one or more symbols.