A method includes: setting a maximum transmit power of common channels of a plurality of carriers based on a signal coverage; setting a maximum transmit power of traffic channels of the plurality of carriers; and transmitting, for each scheduling period and based on the maximum transmit power of the common channels of the plurality of carriers, the maximum transmit power of the traffic channels of the plurality of carriers and a shared transmit power of the traffic channels of the plurality of carriers in the scheduling period, the plurality of carriers in the scheduling period.