Abstract: A communications device including a receiver configured to receive signals from one or more of a plurality of other communications devices within sidelink communications resources of a plurality of instances of a resource pool of a sidelink interface, the resource pool being formed of a plurality of time-divided slots and a plurality of frequency-divided regions, and a controller. The controller is configured in combination with the receiver to monitor for one or more first current signals transmitted by at least a first transmitting communications device in a first subset of the time-divided slots and the frequency-divided regions of the resource pool during a first of the resource pool instances.

Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device to communicate with a network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications system using radio resources comprising a narrowband carrier supported within a wider system frequency bandwidth of the wireless telecommunications system, wherein the method comprises: establishing initial frequencies for radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier; receiving configuration signalling from the network infrastructure equipment providing an indication of a frequency shift to apply to the initial frequencies for the radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier; establishing shifted frequencies for the radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier by applying the indicated frequency shift to the initial frequencies; and communicating with the network infrastructure equipment using the radio resources for the narrowband carrier with the shifted frequencies

Abstract: A method of operating a communications device in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: receiving at a first time an uplink grant indication, the uplink grant indication indicating first uplink communication resources allocated for the transmission of first data by the communications device, receiving at a second time an uplink cancellation indication (UL-CI), the UL-CI indicating second uplink communication resources, the second uplink communication resources including at least a portion of the first uplink communication resources, and in response to receiving the uplink grant information and the uplink cancellation indication, determining based on the first time and the second time whether to transmit the first data using the first uplink communication resources.

Abstract: A method of operating a communications device in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: selecting first uplink communication resources for transmitting uplink data, selecting second downlink communication resources for receiving downlink data, detecting a collision whereby, in accordance with the capabilities of the communications device, the communications device cannot both transmit signals using the first uplink communication resources and receive and decode signals transmitted using the second downlink communication resources, in response to detecting the collision, determining whether the second downlink communication resources are associated with a priority which is higher than a priority associated with the first uplink communication resources, and if the second downlink communication resources are associated with a priority which is higher than the priority associated with the first uplink communication resources, receiving the downlink data using the second downlink communication r

Abstract: A method for transmitting data by an infrastructure equipment in a wireless communications network to a communications device, the method comprising transmitting by the infrastructure equipment a paging message; receiving by the infrastructure equipment a random access request, the random access request transmitted by the communications device in response to the paging message; in response to receiving the random access request, transmitting by the infrastructure equipment an indication of communications resources allocated for a transmission by the infrastructure equipment and transmitting by the infrastructure equipment an indication that the transmission by the infrastructure equipment comprises data to be transmitted while no radio connection is established between the communications device and the infrastructure equipment; and transmitting by the infrastructure equipment the data using the allocated communications resources.

Abstract: A communications device comprises transmitter circuitry and controller circuitry configured to configure the transmitter circuitry to transmit signals representing data to one or more receiving communications devices via a sidelink interface forming part of a wireless access interface for device to device communications comprising a plurality of resource pool instances. The wireless access interface may be provided by a wireless communications network, the transmitter circuitry being configured to transmit signals to the wireless communications network when in a coverage area of a wireless communications network.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive information indicating time slots in first channels that the UE is to monitor for control messages, the control messages including control messages that are used to allocate physical resources to the UE. The UE may receive a second channel transmission in a time slot prior to at least one of the indicated time slots, the second channel transmission indicating that the UE is not to monitor for at least one first channel in the at least one of the indicated time slots. The UE may receive a third channel transmission in a time slot prior to at least another one of the indicated time slots, the third channel transmission indicating that the UE is to monitor for at least one first channel in the at least another one of the indicated time slots.

Abstract: A method of detecting interference in a mobile telecommunications network, the mobile telecommunications network comprising a mobile terminal and a network node providing a wireless access interface to at least the mobile terminal. The method comprises the mobile terminal performing measurements of interference on one or more frequency resources of the wireless access interface; based on the measurements, the mobile terminal determining that the measured interference comprises time-limited interference by determining whether the measured interference comprises interference limited in time; upon determining that the measured interference comprises time-limited interference, the mobile terminal reporting to the network node the detection of the time-limited interference; the network node receiving a report of the time-limited interference detection from the mobile terminal; and the network node taking a remedial action based on receiving the report of the time-limited interference detection.

Abstract: A communications device including a receiver configured to receive signals within sidelink communications resources of a plurality of resource pool instances of a sidelink interface, each of the resource pool instances being arranged in time in accordance with a resource pool periodicity, and a controller. The controller is configured in combination with the receiver to switch at a first periodic rate between a primary active operating mode and a primary reduced power operating mode in accordance with a primary discontinuous reception, DRX, operation, to monitor for signals transmitted by the other communications devices to the receiving communications device in one or more of the resource pool instances during the primary active operating mode, and to stop monitoring for signals transmitted by the other communications devices to the receiving communications device in one or more of the resource pool instances during the primary reduced power operating mode.

Abstract: A method is performed by a wireless communications device of transmitting measurement reports to an infrastructure equipment. The method comprises receiving signals transmitted by the infrastructure equipment, measuring a characteristic associated with the received signals, and selecting an index value from one of a plurality of index values. Each of the index values represents a range of values of the characteristic for which communications parameters of a transmitter in the infrastructure equipment and a receiver in the communication device should have to achieve an acceptable communications performance for values of the characteristic within the range of values of the characteristic. The method further comprises, subject to the selected index value, transmitting the selected index value to the infrastructure equipment.

Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device for transmitting a first amount of data, the method comprising receiving an indication of an allocation of communications resources, the allocated communications resources sufficient for transmitting a second amount of data, the second amount of data greater than or equal to the first amount of the data, selecting from a plurality of permitted TBS values a transport block size, TBS, for the transmission of the first amount of data, based on the first amount, determining communications resources for transmitting the first amount of the data based on the selected TBS and the allocated communications resources, and transmitting the first amount of the data using the determined communications resources.

Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system, the method comprising: attempting to decode a transmission of data to the terminal device; determining whether or not the data was successfully decoded; and transmitting acknowledgement signalling indicating whether or not the data was successfully decoded on radio resources that are determined by taking account of whether or not the data was successfully decoded.

Abstract: A communications device is provided. The communications device (which is a receiving communications device) comprises a transceiver configured to receive signals from and/or to transmit signals to one or more of a plurality of other communications devices within sidelink communications resources of a plurality of resource pool instances of a sidelink interface, each of the resource pool instances being arranged in time in accordance with a resource pool periodicity, the resource pool being formed of a plurality of time-divided slots and a plurality of frequency-divided regions, and a controller. The controller is configured in combination with the transceiver to exchange control signaling with a first transmitting communications device of the plurality of other communications devices. Here, the control signaling comprises an indication of a current power saving status of the receiving communications device.

Abstract: A communications device including a receiver configured to receive a plurality of sub-units of an encoded transport block of data in a plurality of time-divided units within frequency resources of a wireless access interface allocated to the mobile terminal, each of the sub-units being received a repeated number of times within a repetition cycle; and circuitry configured to combine a same sub-unit received the repeated number of times to form a composite sub-unit to recover the transport block.

Abstract: A method of operating a second network access node comprises configuring the second network access node to act as a secondary network access node for a dual connectivity mode for a terminal device in which a first network access node acts as a master network access node. The method further comprises establishing, while acting as a secondary network access node for the dual connectivity mode, that the second network access node should switch to acting as a master network access node, deriving a new master network access node security key for use by the second network access node when switched to acting as a master network access node for the dual connectivity mode, and configuring the second network access node to act a master network access node for the dual connectivity mode using the new master network access node security key.

Abstract: A location server configured to determine a location of communications devices with respect to a location of infrastructure equipment of a wireless access network from observed time differences between receiving positioning reference signals transmitted by a plurality of the infrastructure equipment and received by the communications devices.

Abstract: A method of operating a base station in a wireless telecommunications system to support a first random access procedure for a first terminal device of a first type and a second random access procedure for a second terminal device of a second type, wherein a message size for an uplink message of the second random access procedure is greater than a message size for a corresponding uplink message of the first random access procedure.

Abstract: A method of operating an infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network for transmitting data to or receiving data from a communications device. The method comprises providing a wireless access interface to form a first cell of the wireless communications network, the infrastructure equipment forming part of a radio access network of the wireless communications network, broadcasting a re-synchronisation signal, RSS, of the first cell, the RSS being configured to carry information which is detectable by the communications device for acquiring synchronisation with the infrastructure equipment, and broadcasting an indication of a position in time and frequency of an RSS of each of one or more neighbouring cells to the first, the RSSs of each of the one or more neighbouring cells being configured to carry information which is detectable by the communications device for performing measurements on the each of the one or more neighbouring cells.

Abstract: A communications device is configured to receive in a wireless communications systems using discontinuous reception. The communications device is configured to receive by determining a valid number of search spaces from which a wake-up signal, WUS, can be validly received during a power saving monitoring period. The valid number of search spaces is one or more of a plurality of search spaces of a downlink physical control channel of a wireless access interface provided by a wireless communications network for a WUS. The power saving monitoring period can be monitored by a receiver of the communications device in a low power state, the WUS being decodable with more relaxed processing requirements, and the WUS indicating that the receiver of the communications device should be powered up to a higher power state to receive signals in a discontinuous receiving on, DRX_ON, period.

Abstract: A communications device for use in a wireless communications network providing a wireless access interface within a system bandwidth, the system bandwidth comprising a plurality of bandwidth parts, the communications device comprising a transmitter configured to transmit signals using a plurality of activated bandwidth parts, a receiver configured to receive signals using the plurality of activated bandwidth parts, the received signals being signals transmitted using a plurality of activated beams, and a controller configured to control the transmitter and the receiver so that the communications device is operable: to determine that an activated beam associated with a first bandwidth part satisfies beam failure criteria; to select from the plurality of activated bandwidth parts a second bandwidth part; and to transmit using communications resources associated with the selected second bandwidth part a beam failure indication indicating that the activated beam associated with the first bandwidth part satisfies