Sony Group Corporation
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS

Abstract:

A method of configuring a communications device in a wireless communications network comprising a non-terrestrial network part, the method comprising: establishing a connection in a serving cell between the communications device and the wireless communications network for transmitting data to and receiving data from the communications device, identifying a candidate cell for a handover of the communications device, determining that one or both of the serving cell and the candidate cell is provided by a non-terrestrial network part of the wireless communications network, based on the determining that one or both of the serving cell and the candidate cell is provided by a non-terrestrial network part of the wireless communications network, determining as a measurement window a time period during which the communications device can receive measurement signals transmitted in the candidate cell, and configuring the communications device to measure the measurement signals received within the measurement window.