Methods, base station, infrastructure node and terminal for measurements and delay-sensitive vehicle-related communications

A terminal for use in a mobile telecommunications system including a base station configured to communicate via a wireless interface with the terminal and one or more infrastructure nodes configured to communicate with the terminal via the wireless interface, the terminal being configured to:

• receive an allocation message indicating resources allocated for a first infrastructure node of the one or more infrastructure nodes to communicate delay-sensitive communications with the terminal, wherein the resources are selected by the base station from two or more periods of time;
• and
• communicate, with the first infrastructure nodes, the delay-sensitive communications using the resources indicated in the allocation message during the two or more periods of time, wherein
• the base station obtains one or both of a delay-sensitive terminal indicator associated with the terminal, and a delay-sensitive infrastructure node indicator associated with the first infrastructure node,
• the base station identifies the communications between the terminal and the first infrastructure node as delay-sensitive communications based on the obtained one or both of the delay-sensitive terminal indicator and the delay-sensitive infrastructure node indicator, and
• the resources are selected by the base station according to a result of identifying the communications as the delay-sensitive communications.

Circuitry for a terminal for use in a mobile telecommunications system including a base station configured to communicate via a wireless interface with the terminal and one or more infrastructure nodes configured to communicate with the terminal via the wireless interface, wherein the circuitry comprises;

• a controller circuit and a transceiver circuit configured to operate together to:
• receive an allocation message indicating resources allocated for a first infrastructure node of the one or more infrastructure nodes to communicate delay-sensitive communications with the terminal, wherein the resources are selected by the base station from two or more periods of time;
• and
• communicate, with the first infrastructure nodes, the delay-sensitive communications using the resources indicated in the allocation message during the two or more periods of time, wherein
• the base station obtains one or both of a delay-sensitive terminal indicator associated with the terminal, and a delay-sensitive infrastructure node indicator associated with the first infrastructure node,
• the base station identifies the communications between the terminal and the first infrastructure node as delay-sensitive communications based on the obtained one or both of the delay-sensitive terminal indicator and the delay-sensitive infrastructure node indicator, and
• the resources are selected by the base station according to a result of identifying the communications as the delay-sensitive communications.