Abstract: A method comprising receiving, from a wireless network, a plurality of downlink data signals, determining that a device is to transmit, to the wireless network, for each of the downlink data signals, one of a plurality of feedback signals indicating whether or not the downlink data signal was successfully received, receiving, from the wireless network, a downlink control signal indicating that the device is to select a codebook comprising at least one of the plurality of feedback signals for retransmission to the wireless network, determining, based on the downlink control signal, whether at least one further downlink data signal is scheduled to be received by the device from the wireless network in accordance with a plurality of scheduling parameters indicated by the downlink control signalling, and either selecting the codebook from a first set of codebooks, or selecting the codebook from a second set of codebooks.

Abstract: An infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network comprises transceiver circuitry and controller circuitry configured in combination with the transceiver circuitry to transmit, to a communications device, a first control signal providing an indication of a set of downlink communications resources of the wireless access interface in which the infrastructure equipment is going to transmit a plurality of transport blocks to the communications device, wherein the plurality of transport blocks comprises a first plurality of transport blocks that are to be transmitted in a first set of downlink communications resources and a second plurality of transport blocks that are to be transmitted in a second set of downlink communications resources, the first set of downlink communications resources and the second set of downlink communications resources being separated in time by a scheduling gap formed by a third set of downlink communications resources of the wireless access interface.

Abstract: Infrastructure equipment for use in a telecommunications system, the infrastructure equipment comprising: transceiver circuitry and control circuitry, whereby the transceiver circuitry, under control of the control circuitry, is configured to: transmit first data to a first mobile device and second data to a second mobile device, wherein the transmission period of the second data is shorter than the transmission period of the first data and the second data is transmitted after the start of the first data, and uses transmission resources allocated to, the first data; and transmit to the first mobile device, indication data that contains information identifying the resources allocated to the second data, wherein the granularity of the resources is determined in accordance with the first data.

Abstract: A wireless telecommunications apparatus for use with a non-terrestrial wireless telecommunications network, the wireless telecommunications apparatus comprising circuitry configured to: receive first information associated with a satellite of the non-terrestrial wireless telecommunications network, the first information comprising incomplete ephemeris information of the satellite; transmit a signal usable by a second wireless telecommunications apparatus to verify a location of the wireless telecommunications apparatus relative to the satellite; and receive second information associated with the satellite, the second information being usable by the wireless telecommunications apparatus to determine complete ephemeris information of the satellite.

Abstract: A communications device transmits data in preconfigured resources of an uplink of a wireless communications network by performing a procedure to determine whether the communications device can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources of the uplink, and if the communications device determines that it can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources, transmitting signals representing the data in the preconfigured resources. The procedure to determine whether the communications device can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources of the uplink includes a transmission parameter confirmation procedure which confirms that a value of one or more transmission parameters to be used for transmitting the signals representing the data can be used for the signals representing the data to be detected by an infrastructure equipment of the wireless communications network.

Abstract: A method of operating a communications device to receive data from a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving a plurality of downlink transmissions in physical downlink shared channel resources of a wireless access interface provided by the wireless communications network. Each downlink transmission is a transmission of a data unit transmitted according to a different Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, type process. The method comprises determining that an uplink transmission of the HARQ-ACKs, which is scheduled in uplink resources of the wireless access interface, is cancelled and cannot be transmitted in the scheduled uplink resources and receiving a trigger from the wireless communications network to transmit the cancelled HARQ-ACKs in subsequently scheduled uplink resources by selecting one of a plurality of configured HARQ-ACK codebooks to transmit the cancelled HARQ ACKs, wherein the configured HARQ-ACK codebook is selected based on one or more conditions.

Abstract: A user equipment includes transceiver circuitry, control circuitry for controlling the transceiver circuitry and an energy storage device configured to provide energy to at least the transceiver circuitry for transmitting signals to or receiving signals from the wireless communications network. The energy storage device may receive energy from ambient sources and may therefore increase an amount of available energy by using energy harvesting. The user equipment is configured to determine, during an idle or inactive mode in which the user equipment has no active connection for transmitting data to or receiving data from the wireless communications network that an amount of energy which is available from the energy storage device will be insufficient for operating the transceiver circuitry during a blackout period, and to transmit to the infrastructure equipment a blackout message indicating that the user equipment cannot receive signals transmitted from the infrastructure equipment for the blackout period.

Abstract: A method of conveying an allocation of radio resources on a radio channel for communicating data between a base station and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system, wherein the radio channel spans a channel frequency bandwidth divided into frequency resource units which may be selectively allocated for communicating data between the base station and the terminal device, and wherein the method comprises, at the base station, selecting a combination of resource units for communicating the data between the base station and the terminal device from among a predefined set of allowable combinations of resource units, wherein the allowable combinations of resource units include non-contiguous combinations of resource units and wherein the number of allowable combinations of resource units is smaller than the total number of combinations of resource units, and conveying, to the terminal device, an indication of the selected combination of resource units.

Abstract: A communication device includes a receiver, a transmitter and a control circuit. The receiver is configured to receive, from an infrastructure equipment of a mobile communications network, downlink signals on a downlink via a wireless access interface of the mobile communications network. The transmitter is configured to transmit, to the infrastructure equipment, uplink signals on an uplink via the wireless access interface. The control circuit is configured to control the receiver to receive the downlink signals and control the transmitter to transmit the uplink signals. The control circuit is further configured to delay a reception period for the receiver to receive the downlink signals after a transmission period in which the transmitter transmits the uplink signals when a duration of the transmission period exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data in a mobile communications network, the method comprising transmitting first data to a first mobile unit wherein transmitting the first data comprises transmitting first control information in a first time period, the first control information identifying first allocated resources for transmitting the first data in a subsequent second time period.

Abstract: A method includes determining a coverage enhanced level to be used for transmitting a random access preamble, and transmitting the random access preamble. The method also includes receiving a random access response corresponding to the transmitted random access preamble. The random access response is allocated by Machine Type Communication (MTC) Physical Downlink Control Channel (MPDCCH), and a repetition level of the MPDCCH is based on the coverage enhanced level. The method further includes transmitting a Msg3 carrying a Radio Resource Control (RRC) CONNECTION REQUEST message. The Msg3 includes a quality report indicated by one or multiple bits. The quality report provides at least one of the repetition level of the MPDCCH or an aggregation level of the MPDCCH to satisfy a hypothetical MPDCCH block error rate of 1%.

Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system transmission and reception point has circuitry configured to receive a status indicator, and to switch between an active state and an inactive state in response to the received status indicator.

Abstract: A method of receiving data by a communications device from a wireless communications network, the method comprising: receiving, via a time divided wireless access interface provided by the wireless communications network, downlink control information (DCI) messages including a slot gap parameter (K0) indicating a time slot gap between a timeslot in which the DCI is received and allocated communications resources, wherein the receiving comprises receiving a current DCI which includes a slot gap parameter for currently allocated communications resources, determining that the slot gap parameter for currently allocated communications resources is less than a current minimum slot gap value, and in response to determining that the indicated slot gap parameter is less than the current minimum slot gap value, using a default slot gap value to detect data from communications resources of the wireless access interface, and updating the current minimum slot gap value.

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 method for receiving data by a communications device data from a wireless communications network, the method comprising: receiving a downlink control message transmitted in first downlink communications resources of a wireless access interface provided by the wireless communications network, the downlink control information providing an indication of second downlink communications resources from which the communications device can receive downlink data, decoding the downlink control message to identify the second downlink communications resources for receiving the downlink data, and receiving the downlink data from the second downlink communications resources, wherein the first and the second downlink communications resources are within a time period of the wireless access interface which ends at a pre-configured end time, the pre-configured end time being before the downlink control message is decoded.

Abstract: A communications device for transmitting data to a wireless communications network transmits a random access preamble and uplink data in an uplink shared physical channel associated with the preamble according to a 2-step random access procedure. The association between the preamble and the uplink shared channel is known to the wireless communications network. The communications device detects, in response to transmitting the preamble and the uplink data, a random access response message providing timing advance information and uplink grant of resources of the uplink shared channel according to a 4-step random access procedure. In response to detecting the random access response message, the communications device transmits uplink data in the uplink resources granted in the random access response message according to a 4-step random access procedure, as if the communications device continued with a 4-step RACH procedure having started with a 2-step RACH procedure.

Abstract: A method of operating a wireless telecommunications system for communicating higher layer data from network infrastructure comprises establishing an allocation of radio resources for the network infrastructure equipment to use for transmitting higher layer data to the terminal device during a higher layer data transmission period; transmitting an indication of the allocated radio resources to the terminal device; beginning transmission of the higher layer data to the terminal device at the beginning of the higher layer data transmission period; and subsequently identifying during the higher layer data transmission period whether any of the allocated radio resources which have not yet been used are needed by the network infrastructure equipment for transmitting other data in the wireless telecommunications system.

Abstract: A communications device is configured to transmit and/or receive signals via a wireless access interface provided by a mobile communications network. The wireless access interface comprising a plurality of transmission units each comprising one or more communications resource elements formed by dividing a system bandwidth in tune and frequency. One or more transmission units are configured to form combined transmission units, which can be allocated to communications devices for receiving or transmitting signals. The communications device is configured to receive an indication of a combined transmission unit providing one or more of the transmission units for the communications device, and receive an indication for each of the one or more transmission units of the combined transmission unit of whether the transmission unit is for transmitting signals, whether the transmission unit is for receiving signals or whether the transmission unit is not to be used for transmitting or receiving signals.

Abstract: A method of operating a communications device to transmit data to or to receive data from a wireless communications network comprises detecting a first synchronisation signal at the communications device received via a wireless access interface of a cell of the wireless communications network, the first synchronisation signal being transmitted with a first periodicity with respect to a time divided structure of the wireless access interface, the first synchronisation signal being configured to carry an indication of an identifier of the cell, generating a first estimate of the cell identifier carried by the first synchronisation signal, and configuring a transmitter of the communications device to transmit data to the wireless communications network and configuring a receiver of the communications device to receive data from the wireless communications network based on the first estimated cell identifier.

Abstract: A user terminal configured to perform communication with an infrastructure equipment of a mobile communications network. The user terminal including a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted by the infrastructure equipment in accordance with a wireless access interface and a transmitter configured to transmit signals to the infrastructure equipment in accordance with the wireless access interface. The user terminal is configured to receive an indication on a downlink of the wireless access interface of one of a plurality of different subcarrier spacing which the communications device should use to transmit or to receive the signals representing the data.