Methods and communications devices

A method of operating an infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network, the method comprising:

• allocating a set of uplink resources of a wireless access interface provided by the infrastructure equipment in which a communications device is to transmit a first uplink signal comprising control information to the wireless communications network,
• allocating a plurality of sets of uplink resources of the wireless access interface in which the communications device is to transmit a second uplink signal to the wireless communications network, wherein the second uplink signal is to be transmitted a plurality of times, each of the plurality of transmissions of the second uplink signal being a repetition of the second uplink signal, wherein each repetition of the second uplink signal is to be transmitted in a different one of the plurality of sets of uplink resources of the wireless access interface to the other repetitions of the second uplink signal,
• determining that the resources of the first uplink signal at least partially overlap in time with the resources of at least one of the repetitions of the second uplink signal,
• receiving one or more of the plurality of repetitions of the second uplink signal from the communications device, and
• extracting the control information from a selected one or more of the received repetitions of the second uplink signal, the control information having been multiplexed by the communications device into the resources of the selected one or more of the repetitions of the second uplink signal,
• wherein a characteristic of the resources of the selected one or more repetitions of the second uplink signal satisfies a predetermined condition.

Circuitry for an infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network, the circuitry comprising:

• transceiver circuitry configured to transmit signals and receive signals via a wireless access interface provided by the infrastructure equipment, and
• controller circuitry configured in combination with the transceiver circuitry:
• to allocate a set of uplink resources of the wireless access interface in which a communications device is to transmit a first uplink signal comprising control information to the wireless communications network,
• to allocate a plurality of sets of uplink resources of the wireless access interface in which the communications device is to transmit a second uplink signal to the wireless communications network, wherein the second uplink signal is to be transmitted a plurality of times, each of the plurality of transmissions of the second uplink signal being a repetition of the second uplink signal, wherein each repetition of the second uplink signal is to be transmitted in a different one of the plurality of sets of uplink resources of the wireless access interface to the other repetitions of the second uplink signal,
• to determine that the resources of the first uplink signal at least partially overlap in time with the resources of at least one of the repetitions of the second uplink signal,
• to receive one or more of the plurality of repetitions of the second uplink signal from the communications device, and
• to extract the control information from a selected one or more of the received repetitions of the second uplink signal, the control information having been multiplexed by the communications device into the resources of the selected one or more of the repetitions of the second uplink signal,
• wherein a characteristic of the resources of the selected one or more repetitions of the second uplink signal satisfies a predetermined condition.