Abstract: A method comprising receiving, at a first equipment acting as a donor node connected to a core network part of the wireless network, from a second equipment, information relating to each of a plurality of different communications paths from the second equipment to the first equipment via one or more other equipment acting as relay nodes, determining, based on the received information, that either at least a part of a new communications path exists between the first of the equipment and the second of the equipment or at least a part of a previously known communications path no longer exists between the first of the equipment and the second of the equipment, and updating a communications path list by either adding the at least the part of the new communications path or deleting the at least the part of the previously known communications path that no longer exists.

Abstract: An infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network is provided. The infrastructure equipment comprises transceiver circuitry configured to transmit signals to and to receive signals from communications devices via a wireless access interface provided by the wireless communications network, and controller circuitry. The controller circuitry is configured in combination with the transceiver circuitry to determine a delay time for each of a plurality of communications devices, the delay time being a time taken for the each of the communications devices to receive signals transmitted by the infrastructure equipment, to set a playback time dependent on a longest of the delay times among the plurality of communications devices, the playback time being a time at which one or more of the communications devices should transmit a signal, and to transmit signals to each of the communications devices, the signals comprising an indication of the playback time.

Abstract: A method of communicating data by a terminal device in a wireless telecommunication system comprising a first radio access node and a second radio access node, the method comprising establishing an RRC connection with the first radio access node, entering a dual connectivity mode of operation for the terminal device in which the first radio access node acts as a master radio access node and the second radio access node acts as a secondary radio access node, communicating the same first data between the terminal device and the first radio access node and between the terminal device and the second radio access node, determining that radio link failure criteria are satisfied in respect of at least the first radio access node, and communicating second data between the terminal device and the second radio access node.

Abstract: A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises communicating, with a first infrastructure equipment acting as a donor node connected to a core network, signals representing data by a second infrastructure equipment over a first communications path via one or more other infrastructure equipment acting as relay nodes, the second infrastructure equipment being a child node and one of the one or more other infrastructure equipment acting as the relay nodes or the donor node being a parent node, the parent node being connected to the child node via a backhaul communications link and configured to allocate uplink communications resources to the child node.

Abstract: A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system, the terminal device comprising: a transmitter; a receiver configured to receive a measurement radio signal from each of one or more potential relay nodes of the wireless telecommunications system, each measurement radio signal being transmitted using the same predetermined radio frequency band and identifying the one of the potential relay nodes from which it is transmitted; and a controller configured: to measure a characteristic of each received measurement radio signal, and based on each received measurement radio signal and its measured characteristic, to determine a suitable one of the one or more potential relay nodes for acting as a relay node for relaying the further radio signal between the terminal device and the infrastructure equipment.

Abstract: A method of communicating data in a telecommunications system comprising a base station and a plurality of terminals operable to communicate data to and from the base station. The system is configured to transmit downlink signals using downlink resources in a frequency band and in a first time period and the method comprises, upon identification of uplink data to be transmitted by a first terminal of the plurality of terminals, dynamically selecting a set of resources for transmitting the uplink data, wherein selecting the set of resources comprises selecting a subset of the frequency band and a subset of the time period of the downlink resources, the selected set of resources being based on the subset of the frequency band and the subset of the time period.

Abstract: A method for operating an infrastructure equipment forming part of a radio access network part of a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprising configuring a notification area of a radio access network part by determining one or more base stations and/or one or more of non-terrestrial network parts which form part of the notification area, the base stations and/or the non-terrestrial network parts of the notification area being for use in transmitting signals to a communications device from the wireless communications network, determining, based on the notification area and on a present time, which one of the base stations and/or the non-terrestrial network parts of the notification area is presently serving the communications device, and transmitting a paging message to the serving base station or serving non terrestrial network part for subsequent transmission to the communications device.

Abstract: A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises communicating, with a first infrastructure equipment acting as a donor node, signals representing data by a second of the infrastructure equipment over a first communications path via one or more others of infrastructure equipment acting as relay nodes, the second infrastructure equipment being a child node and one of the one or more other infrastructure equipment acting as the relay nodes or the donor node being a parent node, the parent node being connected to the child node via a backhaul communications link and configured to allocate uplink communications resources to the child node.

Abstract: A method of operating a communications device comprises detecting a plurality of beams of radio signals each being transmitted periodically according to a time divided structure of a wireless access interface provided by a wireless communications network, selecting a first of the plurality of beams of radio signals for detecting a first version of a synchronisation signal transmitted with the first beam of radio signals, selecting a second of the plurality of beams of radio signals for detecting a second version of the synchronisation signal transmitted with the second beam of radio signals, and synchronising with the time divided structure of the wireless access interface from at least one of the first version of the synchronisation signal and the second version of the synchronisation signal.

Abstract: A method of operating a communications device configured to transmit signals to and/or to receive signals from wireless communications networks is provided. The method comprises operating in one of an idle state and an inactive state and, when operating in the one of the idle state and the inactive state, receiving, via a broadcasted signal from the wireless communications network, a configuration of at least two bandwidth parts, BWPs, for use by the communications device in transmitting signals to and/or receiving signals from the wireless communications network while remaining in the one of the idle state and the inactive state. Radio resources forming a first of the BWPs at least partially overlap in both frequency and time with radio resources forming a second of the BWPs. The first BWP and the second BWP have a same numerology.

Abstract: A broker device for an internet-of-things network, the broker device including circuitry having a communication interface, the circuitry being configured to communicate with one or more publisher devices and with a plurality of subscriber devices via the communication interface, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: receive published data from a publisher device of the one or more publisher devices that is registered as a publisher for a data category at the broker device, wherein the published data includes data payload and a data identifier indicating the data category of the data payload; and transmit at least the data payload of the received published data to at least one subscriber device of the plurality of subscriber devices that is registered as a subscriber for the data category at the broker device.

Abstract: A method of operating a communications device in a serving cell provided by an infrastructure equipment, the method comprising determining a radio access network (RAN) notification area (RNA) identity associated with a current serving cell, determining a cell identity associated with the serving cell, transmitting to a second communications device an indication of the RNA identity, and transmitting to the second communications device an indication of the cell identity.

Abstract: A base station for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment. The circuitry is further configured to transmit minimum system information having a bitmap indicating at least one service provided by a cell.

Abstract: A wireless telecommunication system includes base stations for communicating with terminal devices. One or more base stations support a power boost operating mode in which a base station's available transmission power is concentrated in a subset of its available transmission resources to provide enhanced transmission powers as compared to transmission powers on these transmission resources when the base station is not operating in the power boost mode. A base station establishes an extent to which one or more base stations in the wireless telecommunications system support the power boost operating mode conveys an indication of this to a terminal device. The terminal device receives the indication and uses the corresponding information to control its acquisition of a base station of the wireless telecommunication system, for example by taking account of which base stations support power boosting and/or when power boosting is supported during a cell attach procedure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a communication network node for providing data to a distributed ledger, wherein the node has circuitry configured to: provide a user data management part for separating sensitive user data and non-sensitive user data, and provide the non-sensitive user data to the distributed ledger.

Abstract: A communications device acting as a relay device receives a request for system information from another communications device via a sidelink interface between the communications device and the other communications device. The communications device acts as a relay device for the other communications device as a remote device, via which relay device the remote device can transmit data to or receive data from a radio network infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network. The infrastructure equipment may be a first infrastructure equipment which forms a first cell of the wireless communications network via which the relay device can transmit the data to or receive the data from the wireless communications network.

Abstract: A method of receiving data associated with a service at a communications device, the service being a multicast or broadcast service, the method comprising establishing an RRC connection in a cell, receiving in the cell, in a first radio resource control (RRC) mode, the data associated with the service, the data transmitted using communication resources of a wireless access interface, measuring, in the first RRC mode, a radio link quality associated with the wireless access interface, determining, based on the radio link quality, that predetermined criteria are satisfied, the predetermined criteria for continuing to receive the data associated with the service in the first RRC mode in the cell, and after determining that the predetermined criteria are satisfied, receiving further data associated with the service.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to a base station for a mobile telecommunications network, wherein the base station is configured to transmit a predefined protocol data unit according to a predefined protocol of the mobile telecommunications network across a number of signaling legs, the base station having circuitry configured to: adapt the number of signaling legs based on at least one signaling condition, wherein the protocol data unit is distributed across the number of signaling legs.

Abstract: A terminal device comprising circuitry configured to detect a value of a parameter which is variable in response to a variation in vertical position of the terminal device; receive, from infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network, a reference value of the parameter, a reference value of a vertical position at which the reference value of the parameter is associated, and a valid duration information of the reference value of the parameter, the reference value of the parameter being defined relative to a first reference vertical position; and determine a value of the vertical position of the terminal device defined relative to the first reference vertical position.

Abstract: A method of communicating data between a radio network infrastructure and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications network. The method comprises establishing at a radio network infrastructure element there is data available for communication between the radio network infrastructure and the terminal device and transmitting a paging message for the terminal device from the radio network infrastructure element. The paging message comprises an indication of an identifier for the terminal device and an indication of a network allocated resource for use in subsequently communicating the data between the radio network infrastructure element and the terminal device. In response to receiving the paging message the terminal device transmits to the radio network infrastructure element a paging response indicating the terminal device received the paging message, after which the data is communicated between the radio network infrastructure element and the terminal device using the network allocated resource.