Method and apparatus for supporting data transmission in a multi-carrier communication system

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for determining available transmit power for data transmission on multiple carriers;
• means for distributing the available transmit power to the multiple carriers to obtain allocated transmit power for each of the multiple carriers;
• and
• means for sending at least one resource request comprising information indicative of the allocated transmit power for each of the multiple carriers.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for causing at least one computer to determine available transmit power for data transmission on multiple carriers,
• code for causing the at least one computer to distribute the available transmit power to the multiple carriers to obtain allocated transmit power for each of the multiple carriers, and
• code for causing the at least one computer to send at least one resource request comprising information indicative of the allocated transmit power for each of the multiple carriers.

A method for wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving from a user equipment (UE) at least one resource request comprising information indicative of allocated transmit power for each of multiple carriers, the allocated transmit power for each carrier being determined by distributing available transmit power at the UE to the multiple carriers;
• granting to the UE transmit power for each of at least one carrier among the multiple carriers based on the allocated transmit power for each of the multiple carriers;
• and
• sending to the UE at least one resource grant comprising information indicative of the granted transmit power for each of the at least one carrier.