Methods and systems are disclosed that can help to select an enhancement mode for uplink coordinated multipoint (CoMP). An exemplary method involves: determining a measure of remaining battery power of a first user equipment (UE), wherein the first UE is capable of uplink coordinated multipoint (CoMP) communication; determining a particular UE type of the first UE, wherein the particular UE type is one of a plurality of possible UE types; based at least in part on (a) the particular UE type of the first UE, and (b) the measure of remaining battery power of the first UE, selecting either a battery-saving mode or a throughput-enhancement mode as an uplink CoMP enhancement mode for the first UE; and providing uplink CoMP service to the first UE according to the selected uplink CoMP enhancement mode.