Disclosed are a method and apparatus for wireless communication by and in a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE). The method by the UE includes determining a first power for transmitting first control information on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), determining a second power for transmitting both first data and second control information on a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), determining a third power for transmitting second data on a second PUSCH, reducing the third power if a sum of the first power, the second power and the third power exceeds a predetermined value, and transmitting at least one of the first control information on the PUCCH using the first power, the first data and the second control information on the first PUSCH using the second power, and the second data on the second PUSCH using the reduced third power.