A method performed by a first infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network comprising a plurality of other infrastructure equipment (1004, 1006, 1008), the first infrastructure equipment and the plurality of other infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more others of the infrastructure equipment via a backhaul communications link, one or more of the infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more communications devices via an access link, wherein the first infrastructure equipment is configured to act as a donor node connected to a core network part of the wireless communications network, the method comprising receiving, at the first infrastructure equipment, signals representing data from one or more others of the infrastructure equipment, the data having been received at the one or more others of the infrastructure equipment from one or more of the communications devices or from other infrastructure equipment, and transmitting, by the first infrastructure equipment, the data from the one or more others of the infrastructure equipment to the core network part of the wireless communications network, wherein the first infrastructure equipment uses at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique to receive the signals, the at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique allowing the first infrastructure equipment to receive the signals in the backhaul communications link, the at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique not allowing the first infrastructure equipment to receive the signals in the access link, wherein the at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique comprises transmitting, by the first infrastructure equipment to the one or more other infrastructure equipment, an indication that the one or more other infrastructure equipment may allocate a larger amount of radio resources for the backhaul communications link than compared to the radio resources for the access link, the larger amount of radio resources being allocated by aggregating a plurality of smaller units of radio resources on downlink and uplink of the backhaul communications link between the first infrastructure equipment and the one or more other infrastructure equipment, wherein the slot aggregation factors on the downlink and the uplink of the backhaul communications link are different. receiving, at the first infrastructure equipment, signals representing data from one or more others of the infrastructure equipment, the data having been received at the one or more others of the infrastructure equipment from one or more of the communications devices or from other infrastructure equipment, and transmitting, by the first infrastructure equipment, the data from the one or more others of the infrastructure equipment to the core network part of the wireless communications network, wherein the first infrastructure equipment uses at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique to receive the signals, the at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique allowing the first infrastructure equipment to receive the signals in the backhaul communications link, the at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique not allowing the first infrastructure equipment to receive the signals in the access link, wherein the at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique comprises transmitting, by the first infrastructure equipment to the one or more other infrastructure equipment, an indication that the one or more other infrastructure equipment may allocate a larger amount of radio resources for the backhaul communications link than compared to the radio resources for the access link, the larger amount of radio resources being allocated by aggregating a plurality of smaller units of radio resources on downlink and uplink of the backhaul communications link between the first infrastructure equipment and the one or more other infrastructure equipment, wherein the slot aggregation factors on the downlink and the uplink of the backhaul communications link are different.