| CPC H04B 7/18504 (2013.01) [H04B 7/1851 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A method for operating an infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network, the method comprising:
transmitting signals to one or more communications devices within a radio coverage area provided by the infrastructure equipment via a wireless access interface of the wireless communications network, the wireless access interface for transmitting signals to the one or more communications devices or for receiving signals from the one or more communication devices, the infrastructure equipment forming either part of a non-terrestrial network of the wireless communications network, the radio coverage area forming a spot beam or a cell of the non-terrestrial network, or part of a terrestrial network, the radio coverage area being a cell of the terrestrial network, wherein
the transmitting the signals includes transmitting signalling information indicating that one or more neighbouring coverage areas to the radio coverage area provided by the infrastructure equipment are either formed by a spot beam or a cell of a non-terrestrial network, a spot beam or cell of the non-terrestrial network of which the infrastructure equipment focus part, a cell of a terrestrial network or a cell of the terrestrial network of which the infrastructure equipment forms part, and
the signalling information includes an indication of at least one frequency range associated with non-terrestrial networks, and an indication of at least one frequency range associated with terrestrial networks, the at least one frequency range associated with non-terrestrial networks and the at least one frequency range associated with terrestrial networks being for use by the one or more communications devices to identify respectively that the one or more coverage areas neighbouring the radio coverage area are either formed by a non-terrestrial network or a terrestrial network.
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