Methods, communications devices and infrastructure equipment

A communications device operable to transmit signals to and/or receive signals from infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network, the communications device comprising

• a transmitter configured to transmit signals;
• a receiver configured to receive signals;
• and
• a controller configured in combination with the transmitter and the receiver to
• receive, from the infrastructure equipment on a first carrier for the communications device, an indication of uplink resources for transmitting a plurality of directional uplink beams to the infrastructure equipment on a second carrier for the communications device, the second carrier being an uplink-only carrier,
• transmit the plurality of directional uplink beams to the infrastructure equipment on the second carrier in accordance with the uplink resources indicated by the infrastructure equipment, and
• receive, from the infrastructure equipment on the first carrier, an indication of a result of measurements performed on the plurality of directional uplink beams transmitted on the second carrier.

Infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network operable to transmit signals to and/or receive signals from a communications device, the infrastructure equipment comprising

• a transmitter configured to transmit signals;
• a receiver configured to receive signals;
• and
• a controller configured in combination with the transmitter and the receiver to
• transmit, to the communications device on a first carrier for the communications device, an indication of uplink resources for transmitting a plurality of directional uplink beams to the infrastructure equipment on a second carrier for the communications device, the second carrier being an uplink-only carrier,
• receive the plurality of directional uplink beams from the communications device on the second carrier in accordance with the uplink resources indicated by the infrastructure equipment,
• perform one or more measurements on the plurality of directional uplink beams, and
• transmit, to the communications device on the first carrier, an indication of a result of the measurements to the communications device.