A mobile telecommunications network including: at least one mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230), a plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 110, 120; 210, 220), wherein the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) is associated with at least one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 110; 210) for downlink communications, wherein the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) is associated with at least one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) for uplink communications; and wherein the downlink transceiver node (5; 110; 210) association is decoupled from the uplink transceiver node (5; 120; 220) association, and control means provided at the mobile telecommunications device and configured to choose at least one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for uplink communications and to choose another one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 110; 210) for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for downlink communications, wherein the control means is configured to choose the at least one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for the uplink communications and the another one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for the downlink communications while the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) is in an idle communication state; the control means is configured to receive, from a serving transceiver node of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 110; 210), at least one characteristic of the serving transceiver node and at least one characteristic of neighbouring transceiver nodes of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 110; 210), the neighbouring transceiver nodes neighbouring the serving transceiver node, and to choose the at least one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for the uplink communications based upon at least one criterion that is independent of received signal power at the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) from the plurality of the transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220), wherein the at least one criterion includes the received at least one characteristic of the serving transceiver node and the received at least one characteristic of the neighbouring transceiver nodes; and wherein the serving transceiver node comprises the another one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) chosen by the control means for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for the downlink communications. at least one mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230), a plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 110, 120; 210, 220), wherein the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) is associated with at least one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 110; 210) for downlink communications, wherein the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) is associated with at least one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) for uplink communications; and wherein the downlink transceiver node (5; 110; 210) association is decoupled from the uplink transceiver node (5; 120; 220) association, and control means provided at the mobile telecommunications device and configured to choose at least one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for uplink communications and to choose another one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 110; 210) for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for downlink communications, wherein the control means is configured to choose the at least one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for the uplink communications and the another one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for the downlink communications while the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) is in an idle communication state; the control means is configured to receive, from a serving transceiver node of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 110; 210), at least one characteristic of the serving transceiver node and at least one characteristic of neighbouring transceiver nodes of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 110; 210), the neighbouring transceiver nodes neighbouring the serving transceiver node, and to choose the at least one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for the uplink communications based upon at least one criterion that is independent of received signal power at the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) from the plurality of the transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220), wherein the at least one criterion includes the received at least one characteristic of the serving transceiver node and the received at least one characteristic of the neighbouring transceiver nodes; and wherein the serving transceiver node comprises the another one of the plurality of transceiver nodes (5; 120; 220) chosen by the control means for use by the mobile telecommunications device (1; 100; 230) for the downlink communications.