A method and apparatus for verifying use of dynamic power sharing in a user equipment between a first carrier transmission and a second carrier transmission. A resource block allocation and modulation for a first carrier transmitted from the user equipment is assigned, and a resource block allocation and modulation for a second carrier transmitted from the user equipment is assigned. The user equipment provides a series of power up commands for both the first carrier and the second carrier until the measured output powers for the first carrier and the second carrier no longer increase. Power down commands are then provided for the first carrier while providing power up commands to the second carrier. The output power for the first carrier and the second carrier is then measured and a determination is made as to whether the output power for the second carrier increases as the output power for the first carrier decreases.