Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system comprising the terminal device and a plurality of network access nodes, wherein the method comprises: establishing first wake-up signalling configuration information for a first network access node covering a current location for the terminal device, wherein the first wake-up signalling configuration information comprises an indication of a first wake-up signalling format to be transmitted by the first network access node in advance of transmitting a paging message to indicate the terminal device should seek to decode the paging message, and an indication of an associated first wake-up signalling validity period for the first wake-up signalling format; monitoring for signalling transmitted by one of the plurality of network access nodes in accordance with the first wake-up signalling format during the first wake-up signalling validity period, and seeking to decode a subsequent paging message if wake-up signalling in accordance wit

Abstract: A method of operating a communication device (102) comprises: receiving, from a base station (101) of a wireless network (100), a control message indicative of at least one retransmission parameter for a random access message (6001) which comprises random access preamble; and transmitting, on a plurality of beams (310-313) selected in accordance with the at least one retransmission parameter, a plurality of retransmissions (701) of the random access message (6001).

Abstract: A base station for transmitting system related information in a mobile telecommunications network. The base station is configured to transmit system information for the cell provided by the base station and to broadcast a version synchronisation signal, wherein the version synchronisation signal provides version information regarding the current version of the system information for the cell.

Abstract: A method of operating an infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network, the method comprising determining a reference time at which a timing advance estimate is to be valid; estimating, before the reference time, a timing advance which is valid for a transmission by a communications device at the reference time; and transmitting a timing advance indication to the communications device indicating the timing advance which is valid for a transmission by the communications device at the reference time.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to perform a transport channel processing chain, the transport channel processing chain comprising a sub-carrier puncturing function, the sub-carrier puncturing function comprising puncturing, in each subframe of a composite transmission time interval, a set of subcarriers from at least one mapped physical resource block.

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 base station for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: indicate use of a first set of uplink channel transmission parameters and a second set of uplink channel transmission parameter for use the at least one user equipment for a data transmission.

Abstract: A base station for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment, wherein the circuitry is further configured to set a first subcarrier spacing for transmission of at least one synchronization signal; and set a second subcarrier spacing for transmission on a physical broadcast channel, wherein the first subcarrier spacing differs from the second subcarrier spacing.

Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device and a plurality of network access nodes, wherein the method comprises: establishing first wake-up signalling configuration information for a first network access node; establishing second wake-up signalling configuration information for a second network access node; and monitoring for signalling transmitted by the first network access node in accordance with the first wake-up signalling format and monitoring for signalling transmitted by the second network access node in accordance with the second wake-up signalling format, and seeking to decode a subsequent paging message in response to detecting wake-up signalling in accordance with either the first wake-up signalling format or the second wake-up signalling format.

Abstract: Method of operating a communications device receiving from a wireless access network a configured grant of physical uplink shared channel, CG-PUSCH, resources of a wireless access interface which includes physical resources of an unlicensed frequency bandwidth. The CG-PUSCH resources provide flexible transmission occasions to transmit uplink transport blocks as a plurality of K repetitions. Each repetition is one of a plurality of redundancy versions, the opportunities of the CG-PUSCH are accessible for transmission according to a contention access procedure. The procedure is performed to transmit the uplink transport blocks as a plurality of K repetitions in the transmission occasions. For each uplink transport block, uplink control information, UCI, is transmitted. The UCI relates to the CG. The CG-UCI provides an indication for the transmitted K plurality of repetitions and is multiplexed into a subset of the transmitted K plurality of repetitions.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data by a communications device, the method comprising receiving a plurality of service data units including a first service data unit and a second service data unit at a Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP), service access point (SAP) according to one or more quality of service (QoS) flows, each of the QoS flows defining a quality of service for the data received from the service data units, mapping the service data units received according to the one or more QoS flows on to one or more radio bearers, each of the one or more radio bearers being defined by a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity within a PDCP layer, forming the service data units into protocol data units for transmission via the radio bearer to which the corresponding QoS flow has been mapped, and transmitting the protocol data units via the corresponding radio bearer.

Abstract: A method performed by a communications device, the method comprising allocating a fraction of the data for transmitting to a first infrastructure equipment using a first carrier frequency, allocating a remainder of the data for transmitting to a second infrastructure equipment using a second carrier frequency, transmitting the fraction of data using the first carrier frequency and the remainder of data using the second carrier frequency, determining an attribute associated with communicating the data from the communications device to the first infrastructure equipment using the first carrier frequency based upon signals received from the first infrastructure equipment, modifying the fraction based on at least the determined attribute, and transmitting the data using at least one of the first and second carrier frequencies according to the modified fraction.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to generate a user equipment identifier which is unique on Anchor cell level or which is unique in RAN notified area level.

Abstract: A method of operating a communications device configured to transmit uplink signals to and/or to receive downlink signals from a non-terrestrial infrastructure equipment forming part of a non-terrestrial network, NTN, the method comprising: determining to not transmit any uplink signal until at least a time after the communications device receives first motion information of the non-terrestrial infrastructure equipment; receiving, from the non-terrestrial infrastructure equipment, first motion information; based on information specific to the communications device and on determining that the communications device has received the first motion information, determining an uplink time to transmit an uplink signal; and transmitting the uplink signal at the uplink time.

Abstract: A method of operating a communications device configured to transmit signals to and/or to receive signals from a wireless communications network via a wireless radio interface provided by the wireless 5 communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving, from the wireless communications network, signals on one or more downlink channels, each of the downlink channels being within one of a plurality of downlink transmission occasions, determining, for each of the downlink channels, whether or not the signals have been successfully received by the communications device, and transmitting, to the wireless communications network, an uplink control channel comprising an acknowledgement number indication, wherein the acknowledgement number indication indicates the number of the downlink transmission occasions within which the communications device determines that the signals were successfully received on one of the downlink channels.

Abstract: A wireless communication device can monitor for reference signals such as tracking reference signals during disconnected mode. Availability information is obtained when operating in the disconnected mode that is indicative of at least one availability of one or more sporadically-on transmissions of reference signals.

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 terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system, the terminal device configured to attempt to receive or to transmit a first signal during one or more of a plurality of predetermined time periods in response to determining that one or more second signals indicating, respectively, that the one or more of the plurality of predetermined time periods should be used for the attempted reception or transmission of a first signal have been received by the transceiver; determine a characteristic associated with the one or more second signals; and to control the transceiver to receive a third signal from the infrastructure equipment or to transmit a third signal to the infrastructure equipment, the third signal comprising information on the basis of which it is determinable whether or not a predetermined condition associated with the characteristic associated with the one or more second signals has been met.

Abstract: A method for use in a mobile telecommunications system comprising a Non-Terrestrial Network “NTN”, the network comprising a base station and a terminal configured to communicate with the base station via an air interface provided by infrastructure equipment of the NTN. The method comprises the terminal receiving a downlink signal from the base station; determining that a first uplink transmission is to be transmitted; determining that the terminal will obtain, during a first time period, position information; the base station scheduling first uplink resources for the terminal to transmit the first uplink transmission, wherein the first uplink resources are scheduled at a point in time selected after the first time period; in response to the downlink signal and during the first time period, the terminal obtaining position information; and the terminal transmitting, using the obtained position information, the first uplink transmission to the base station using the first uplink resources.

Abstract: A base station for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: transmit, to the at least one user equipment, a multi-level pre-emption indicator for indicating, as first level information, first information about resources used for at least one short-data transmission within a transmission region which may contain at least one long-data transmission of the at least one user equipment, and, as second level information, second information about the resources used for the short-data transmission, wherein the second information more accurately indicates the resources used than the first information.