Power control for dual radio access technology (rat) communication

A user equipment comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:
• receive information indicating scheduling of the user equipment to communicate on both an uplink associated with a first radio access technology and on an uplink associated with a second radio access technology at a first time, the user equipment having a first power limit for communicating on the uplink associated with the first radio access technology and a second power limit for communicating on the uplink associated with the second radio access technology;
• determine whether a sum of the first power limit and the second power limit is greater than an overall power limit for communicating on uplinks by the user equipment;
• communicate on the uplink associated with the second radio access technology based on the second power limit during the first time;
• and
• scale down power used for a transmission on the uplink associated with the first radio access technology during the first time or drop a transmission on the uplink associated with the first radio access technology during the first time when the sum is greater than the overall power limit.

A user equipment comprising:

• means for receiving information indicating scheduling of the user equipment to communicate on both an uplink associated with a first radio access technology and on an uplink associated with a second radio access technology at a first time, the user equipment having a first power limit for communicating on the uplink associated with the first radio access technology and a second power limit for communicating on the uplink associated with the second radio access technology;
• means for determining whether a sum of the first power limit and the second power limit is greater than an overall power limit for communicating on uplinks by the user equipment;
• means for communicating on the uplink associated with the second radio access technology based on the second power limit during the first time;
• and
• means for scaling down power used for a transmission on the uplink associated with the first radio access technology during the first time or dropping a transmission on the uplink associated with the first radio access technology during the first time when the sum is greater than the overall power limit.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores instructions that when executed by a user equipment (UE) causes the UE to perform a method for wireless communication, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the user equipment, information indicating scheduling of the user equipment to communicate on both an uplink associated with a first radio access technology and on an uplink associated with a second radio access technology at a first time, the user equipment having a first power limit for communicating on the uplink associated with the first radio access technology and a second power limit for communicating on the uplink associated with the second radio access technology;
• determining whether a sum of the first power limit and the second power limit is greater than an overall power limit for communicating on uplinks by the user equipment;
• communicating, by the user equipment, on the uplink associated with the second radio access technology based on the second power limit during the first time;
• and
• scaling down power used for a transmission on the uplink associated with the first radio access technology during the first time or dropping a transmission on the uplink associated with the first radio access technology during the first time when the sum is greater than the overall power limit.