Patent ID: 11895687
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method of controlling one or more communications devices to transmit signals to or receive signals via a wireless access interface of a mobile communications network, the method comprising:
transmitting signals to one or more of the communications devices via the wireless access interface, and
receiving signals transmitted by one or more of the communications devices in accordance with the wireless access interface, wherein the wireless access interface is provided within a system bandwidth,
forming one or more narrowband cells from a plurality of different types of narrowband carriers including an in-band type formed within a system bandwidth of the mobile communications network or a standalone type formed outside the system bandwidth, and
transmitting, to one or more of the communications devices, an indication listing the narrowband carriers, and an indication of the type of the narrowband carriers, wherein the communications devices are configured to select one of the cells on one of the narrowband carriers based on the type and a strength of signals received from the narrowband carriers listed.