A method for use in a mobile telecommunications network, the mobile telecommunications network comprising a base station providing wireless connectivity within a base station cell, a mobile node providing wireless connectivity within a local cell and configured to communicate with the base station and a terminal configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station and configured to communicate wirelessly with the mobile node, wherein the mobile node enables direct communication of signals between the terminal and a second terminal via the mobile node without transmission of the signals to the base station and the mobile node controlling radio connections between the terminal and the mobile node; the method comprising: upon activation of a full base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station, allocating a radio identifier to the terminal, wherein in the full base station radio connection the terminal is operating in an RRC_CONNECTED state with the base station; activating a limited base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station in which the terminal is operating in an RRC_IDLE state with the base station; and activating one of a full local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node in which the terminal is operating in an RRC_CONNECTED state with the mobile node and a limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node in which the terminal is operating in an RRC state, other than the RRC_CONNECTED state or the RRC_IDLE state, with the mobile node, the radio identifier is allocated to the terminal upon activation of the full base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station, and activating one of the full local radio connection and the limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node comprises the terminal notifying the mobile node of the radio identifier allocated upon activation of the full base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station. upon activation of a full base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station, allocating a radio identifier to the terminal, wherein in the full base station radio connection the terminal is operating in an RRC_CONNECTED state with the base station; activating a limited base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station in which the terminal is operating in an RRC_IDLE state with the base station; and activating one of a full local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node in which the terminal is operating in an RRC_CONNECTED state with the mobile node and a limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node in which the terminal is operating in an RRC state, other than the RRC_CONNECTED state or the RRC_IDLE state, with the mobile node, the radio identifier is allocated to the terminal upon activation of the full base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station, and activating one of the full local radio connection and the limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node comprises the terminal notifying the mobile node of the radio identifier allocated upon activation of the full base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station.