A communications device for transmitting data to or receiving data from a wireless communications network, the communications device comprising transmitter circuitry configured to transmit signals to one or more infrastructure equipment of the wireless communications network via a wireless access interface provided by the one or more infrastructure equipment, receiver circuitry configured to receive signals from one or more of the infrastructure equipment via the wireless access interface, and controller circuitry configured to control the transmitter circuitry and the receiver circuitry to transmit or to receive the signals representing data, the control circuitry being configured in combination with the receiver circuitry and the transmitter circuitry to identify a set of beams from a plurality of candidate beams (42.1, 42.2, 42.3, 142) of signals which can be used by the receiver circuitry to receive data transmitted by the one or more infrastructure equipment from one or more cells, each of the candidate beams having a directional bias with respect to a location of the cell from which the signals of the candidate beam can be received or transmitted, wherein the set of beams is identified by receiving one or more control channels received as beams transmitted in a plurality of directions from the one or more cells, the set of beams being identified from an evaluated signal quality of the received one or more control channels, the control channels transmitting control information which is common to the communications device and at least one other communications device, to form the set of beams, wherein the set of beams comprises one or more serving beams from which the data transmitted by the wireless communications network is received by the receiver of the communications device, and one or more fallback beams from which the data can be transmitted by the wireless communications network or received by the receiver of the communications device, and in accordance with predetermined conditions to switch one or more of the fallback beams to be one of the serving beams. transmitter circuitry configured to transmit signals to one or more infrastructure equipment of the wireless communications network via a wireless access interface provided by the one or more infrastructure equipment, receiver circuitry configured to receive signals from one or more of the infrastructure equipment via the wireless access interface, and controller circuitry configured to control the transmitter circuitry and the receiver circuitry to transmit or to receive the signals representing data, the control circuitry being configured in combination with the receiver circuitry and the transmitter circuitry to identify a set of beams from a plurality of candidate beams (42.1, 42.2, 42.3, 142) of signals which can be used by the receiver circuitry to receive data transmitted by the one or more infrastructure equipment from one or more cells, each of the candidate beams having a directional bias with respect to a location of the cell from which the signals of the candidate beam can be received or transmitted, wherein the set of beams is identified by receiving one or more control channels received as beams transmitted in a plurality of directions from the one or more cells, the set of beams being identified from an evaluated signal quality of the received one or more control channels, the control channels transmitting control information which is common to the communications device and at least one other communications device, to form the set of beams, wherein the set of beams comprises one or more serving beams from which the data transmitted by the wireless communications network is received by the receiver of the communications device, and one or more fallback beams from which the data can be transmitted by the wireless communications network or received by the receiver of the communications device, and in accordance with predetermined conditions to switch one or more of the fallback beams to be one of the serving beams.