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

Claim 0:
1. A communications device configured to transmit signals to and/or receive signals via a wireless access interface of a mobile communications network, the communications device comprising:
a receiver configured to receive signals via the wireless access interface,
a transmitter configured to transmit signals via the wireless access interface, and
a controller configured to control the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the transmitter and the receiver are configured to transmit and receive signals via the wireless access interface using predetermined narrow band carriers of different types provided by one or more cells, and
the controller is configured in a combination with the transmitter and the receiver to
receive from the mobile communications network an indication listing narrowband carriers and an indication of the type of the narrowband carriers,
generate a metric representing a strength or quality of signals received from one or more cells on each of the narrowband carriers, and
select one of the cells on one of the narrowband carriers from the list of the narrowband carriers based on the type of the narrowband carrier and a value of the generated received signal metric for the signals received from the narrowband carriers, the cell on the selected narrowband carrier being used by the communications device for receiving data from the mobile communications network via the selected narrowband carrier.