Telecommunications apparatus and methods

Circuitry for a terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications system that is configured to support communications between a network and terminal devices using a primary component carrier operating on radio resources within a first frequency band and a secondary component carrier operating on radio resources within a second frequency band, the circuitry comprising:

• control circuitry;
• and
• a transceiver,
• the control circuitry and the transceiver configured to operate together to:
• receive a request message addressed to a plurality of terminal devices to request at least some of the plurality of terminal devices to make measurements, of radio channel conditions for radio resources within the second frequency band, in accordance with a measurement configuration associated with the request message;
• receive an indication of the measurement configuration, the indication indicating that the measurement configuration is one of a plurality of predefined potential measurement configurations,
• make a measurement of radio channel conditions for radio resources within the second frequency band in accordance with the measurement configuration;
• and
• transmit a measurement report to the network to indicate the results of the measurement.

A method performed by a terminal device that supports communications between a network and terminal devices using a primary component carrier operating on radio resources within a first frequency hand and a secondary component carrier operating on radio resources within a second frequency band, the method comprising:

• receiving a request message addressed to a plurality of terminal devices to request at least some of the plurality of terminal devices to make measurements of radio channel conditions for radio resources within the second frequency band in accordance with a measurement configuration associated with the request message;
• receiving an indication of the measurement configuration, the indication indicating that the measurement configuration is one of a plurality of predefined potential measurement configurations;
• making a measurement of radio channel conditions for radio resources within the second frequency band in accordance with the measurement configuration;
• and
• transmitting a measurement report to the network to indicate the results of the measurement.