COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR QUALITY INFORMATION REPORT

摘要

A communications device for transmitting data to or receiving data from an infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network is provided. The communications device comprises transmitter circuitry configured to transmit signals to the infrastructure equipment via a wireless access interface provided by the wireless communications network, receiver circuitry configured to receive signals from the infrastructure equipment via the wireless access interface, and controller circuitry configured in combination with the receiver circuitry and the transmitter circuitry to determine that the communications device is to send an indication of quality information to the infrastructure equipment, the quality information indicating a relative quality of signals received by the communications device, to perform measurements on one or more signals received by the communications device from the infrastructure equipment, to encode the indication of quality information, based on the performed measurements, using at least one bit of a first signal in combination with a parameter of a second signal, and to transmit the first signal to the infrastructure equipment.