Abstract: A communications device acts as a remote (first) communications device and communicates via another (second) communications device acting as a relay. The remote communications device communicates, via a wireless communications network using a first wireless access interface implemented by a first set of protocol entities in the remote communications device and a corresponding first set of peer protocol entities. The remote communications device receives an indication of a configuration of a second wireless access interface for communication between the remote communications device and the relay communications device, the first wireless access interface being implemented by a second set of protocol entities in the remote communications device and a corresponding second set of peer protocol entities in the relay communications device. The remote communications device maintains at least one of the first set of protocol entities in the remote communications device.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to a communication network for providing a distributed ledger having a plurality of network nodes comprising circuitry configured to: provide a passenger profile of a passenger to a roaming mobility service provider in response to a booking request, wherein the passenger profile is provided from a home mobility service provider; and provide passenger information based on the passenger profile to a transport operator for allowing a passenger to use a mobility service of the roaming mobility service provider.

Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system is described. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has a circuitry which is configured to transmit system information based on beam information.

Abstract: A user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system, including circuitry configured to: communicate with a non-public network authentication-authorization-accounting server and initiate a registration procedure with the mobile telecommunications system; and provide an authentication interface between the non-public network authentication-authorization-accounting server and an authentication server function entity in the mobile tele-communications system.

Abstract: A method of requesting, by a communications device, the provision of a first service and a second service in a wireless communications network, the method comprising transmitting to an infrastructure equipment of the wireless communications network a service preference indication (SPI), the SPI requesting the infrastructure equipment to provide to the communications device the first service and the second service in accordance with a bandwidth parts capability of the communications device, wherein in accordance with the bandwidth parts capability, the communications device is unable to receive and decode first data transmitted using a first bandwidth part of a carrier bandwidth of a wireless access interface provided by the infrastructure and second data transmitted using a second bandwidth part of the carrier bandwidth, if the first data and the second data are transmitted simultaneously.

Abstract: A communications device transmits and receives date via a wireless access interface in a mobile communications network. First resource allocation messages are received by communications devices to allocate one or more of plural communications resource elements of a host frequency range of a host carrier.

Abstract: A user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system, including circuitry configured to communicate with a base station of the mobile telecommunications system, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: detect scheduling information for on-demand multicast broadcast service system information, wherein the scheduling information is included in predetermined system information transmitted from the base station to the user equipment; and request the on-demand multicast broadcast service system information based on the detected scheduling information.

Abstract: A base station for a mobile telecommunications system, comprising circuitry configured to: obtain time-sensitive network information or enhanced positioning assistance information; encrypt the time-sensitive network information or the enhanced positioning assistance information for including the encrypted time-sensitive network information or the encrypted enhanced positioning assistance information in system information; and transmit the system information to a user equipment in a cell, wherein the encryption is performed if the cell hosts and shares functionalities of a non-public cell and a public cell.

Abstract: A first infrastructure equipment configured to communicate with a core network part of a wireless communications network via a first central unit node communicatively coupled to the core network part, wherein the first central unit node controls a first zone of the wireless communications network. The first infrastructure equipment configured to perform measurements on signals received from one or more of the first central unit node and the one or more of the plurality of other infrastructure equipment, to transmit, to the first central unit node, a measurement report comprising an indication of the measurements performed on the received signals, to receive, from the first central unit node, a command signal comprising an indication that the first infrastructure equipment should communicate with the core network part via a second central unit node communicatively coupled to the core network part instead of the first central unit node.

Abstract: A method of operating a communications device in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: measuring received signals transmitted in a first cell at a first location to generate a measurement result, wherein the communications device is not permitted to access the first cell, and transmitting in a second cell a minimization of drive tests (MDT) report based on the measurement result, the report comprising an indication of the first location.

Abstract: A communications device is provided. The communications device comprises transceiver circuitry configured to transmit signals and receive signals to and from a wireless communications network, and controller circuitry. The controller circuitry is configured in combination with the transceiver circuitry to transmit to the wireless communications network, whilst operating in an inactive state, one or more signals comprising uplink data using a first of a plurality of beams each for transmission in a different one of a plurality of spatial directions, to detect, whilst operating in the inactive state, that the first beam satisfies a beam failure condition a specified number of consecutive times, and subsequently to determine, whilst operating in the inactive state, that the first beam has failed.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data by a communications device in a wireless communications network is disclosed. The method comprises determining an amount of uplink data to be transmitted by the communications device to the wireless communications network, and either transitioning to a connected state if the determined amount of the uplink data is greater than a first threshold (Y3) or, if the determined amount of the uplink data is less than the first threshold (Y3) selecting a random access preamble from one of a plurality of groups of random access preambles, selecting modulation and coding for transmitting the uplink data, and transmitting a random access message on a wireless access interface to the wireless communications network as part of a random access procedure.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present technique can provide a mobile device and a method of establishing a connection via a core network by a mobile terminal. The method comprises receiving by the mobile terminal in a first cell an identifier assigned by a node in a first core network of a first type, the identifier comprising an identifier of the node or a group of nodes in the first core network, selecting a second cell in which service via a core network of a second type is available, and determining whether service via a core network of the first type is available from the second cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to a communication network node having circuitry configured to: request a home mobility service provider to allow a roaming mobility service for a passenger which is located in a mobility service area of a roaming mobility service provider.

Abstract: A communication device is configured to communicate with an infrastructure equipment forming part of a mobile communications network, and to communicate with one or more relay nodes of the mobile communications network. The communications device comprises a receiver configured to receive signals on the downlink from the one or more relay nodes via a first wireless interface, and to receive signals on the downlink from the infrastructure equipment via second wireless access interface, a transmitter configured to transmit signals on the uplink to the one or more relay nodes via the first wireless access interface, and to transmit signals on the uplink to the infrastructure equipment via the second wireless access interface, and a controller configured to control the receiver to receive the signals and to control the transmitter to transmit the signals.

Abstract: A wireless telecommunication system has a base station arranged to communicate messages to one or more terminal devices over a radio interface. The radio interface has a radio frame structure having a plurality of subframes, and a message may be transmitted in accordance with a first transmission scheme or transmitted in accordance with a second transmission scheme. The message may be transmitted in association with an identifier to indicate a terminal device to which the message is addressed. A characteristic for the identifier, for example a value or control region search space for the identifier, is dependent on whether the message is to be transmitted in accordance with the first transmission scheme or the second transmission scheme. A terminal device to which the message is addressed determines the transmission scheme from the characteristic of the identifier and receives the message accordingly.

Abstract: An infrastructure equipment comprising circuitry configured to transmit system information specific for aerial UEs, the system information specific for aerial UEs comprising assistance information for cell selection/reselection.

Abstract: A communications device, and method, is configured with at least one of an indication of first communications resources of the wireless access interface which can be allocated on request to the communications device by a mobile communications network for transmitting signals to one or more other communications devices in accordance with the first mode of operation or an indication of second communications resources of the wireless access interface, which can be used by the communications device for transmitting signals to one or more other communications devices in accordance with a second mode of operation using a device to device communications protocol.

Abstract: A network entity for a mobile telecommunications system, including circuitry configured to perform transmission rate control of data transmissions according to a transmission control protocol, wherein the transmission rate control is performed based on an output of a machine learning algorithm including a prediction of a congestion of the data transmissions.

Abstract: A method for determining a route in an Integrated Access Backhaul “IAB” mesh zone. The method comprises transmitting, to each IAB node of a plurality of IAB nodes, one or more discovery parameters for each IAB node; determining one or more route selection parameters for each IAB node to select a route; a first IAB node of the plurality of IAB nodes determining, based on the one or more discovery parameters, that a second IAB node of the plurality of IAB nodes is discoverable; and upon receiving a packet, selecting a route from the first IAB node based on the one or more route selection parameters and on the first IAB node determining that the second IAB node is discoverable.