An infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network, the infrastructure equipment comprising controller circuitry and transceiver circuitry which are configured in combination: to transmit , to a communications device while the communications device is in a radio resource control, RRC, inactive state, information from which an indication of one or more of the infrastructure equipment representing a notification area of the radio access network is derivable, the one or more infrastructure equipment of the notification area being for use in transmitting tether signals to the communications device from the wireless communications network, wherein the notification area is an area within which the communications device can move without notifying the radio access network, wherein the tether signals include one of a paging message, a downlink data transmission, a command to control movement or a signalling message, wherein the communications device is an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, wherein the infrastructure equipment is among the one or more infrastructure equipment of the notification area which are identified, by the wireless communication network and from a pre-planned flight path to be followed by the communications device, for transmitting the tether signals to the communications device during the flight, and wherein, during the flight of the communications device, the infrastructure equipment is configured to generate an estimated speed of the communications device based on a time at which the communications device started the pre-planned journey from the start location, a time of the estimated location of the communications device and the estimated location of the communications device; and is further configured to receive, from the wireless communications network based on the estimated speed of the communications device and a time at which the communications device started the flight from a start location, a paging message for the communications device. to transmit , to a communications device while the communications device is in a radio resource control, RRC, inactive state, information from which an indication of one or more of the infrastructure equipment representing a notification area of the radio access network is derivable, the one or more infrastructure equipment of the notification area being for use in transmitting tether signals to the communications device from the wireless communications network, wherein the notification area is an area within which the communications device can move without notifying the radio access network, wherein the tether signals include one of a paging message, a downlink data transmission, a command to control movement or a signalling message, wherein the communications device is an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, wherein the infrastructure equipment is among the one or more infrastructure equipment of the notification area which are identified, by the wireless communication network and from a pre-planned flight path to be followed by the communications device, for transmitting the tether signals to the communications device during the flight, and wherein, during the flight of the communications device, the infrastructure equipment is configured to generate an estimated speed of the communications device based on a time at which the communications device started the pre-planned journey from the start location, a time of the estimated location of the communications device and the estimated location of the communications device; and is further configured to receive, from the wireless communications network based on the estimated speed of the communications device and a time at which the communications device started the flight from a start location, a paging message for the communications device. <EOS>