Communications system, communications device and method of communicating

A communications device for device-to-device communications, the communications device being configured to perform device-to-device communications via a wireless access interface with one or more other communications devices of a first group, the communications device being a member of the first group, and the first group includes at least one other communications device configured to transmit data in the wireless access interface to one or more of the communications devices of the first group, the communications device comprising

• a transmitter configured to transmit data to one of more of the communications devices of the first group, and
• a receiver configured to receive data from one of more of the communications devices of the first group, and
• a controller configured in combination with the transmitter and the receiver
• to detect interference in the resources of the wireless access interface caused by signals transmitted by another communications device, and
• to provide, in response to detecting the interference, an indication of the interference to at least one of the communications devices of the first group.

A communications device for device-to-device communications, the communications device being configured to perform device-to-device communications via a wireless access interface with one or more other communications devices of a first group, the communications device being a member of the first group, and the communications device comprising

• a transmitter configured to transmit data to one of more of the communications devices of the first group, and
• a receiver configured to receive data from one of more of the communications devices of the first group, and
• a controller configured in combination with the transmitter and the receiver
• to receive an indication of interference in the resources of the wireless access interface caused by signals transmitted by another communications device, and
• to transmit, in response to receiving the indication of the interference, the data on different resources of the wireless access interface.

Circuitry for device-to-device communications, the circuitry being configured to perform device-to-device communications via a wireless access interface with one or more other communications devices of a first group, the circuitry being a member of the first group, and the first group includes at least one other communications device configured to transmit data in the wireless access interface to one or more of the communications devices of the first group, the circuitry comprising

• transmitter circuitry configured to transmit data to one of more of the communications devices of the first group, and
• receiver circuitry configured to receive data from one of more of the communications devices of the first group, and
• controller circuitry configured in combination with the transmitter and the receiver
• to detect interference in the resources of the wireless access interface caused by signals transmitted by another communications device, and
• to provide, in response to detecting the interference, an indication of the interference to at least one of the communications devices of the first group.

Circuitry for device-to-device communications, the circuitry being configured to perform device-to-device communications via a wireless access interface with one or more other communications devices of a first group, the circuitry being a member of the first group, and the circuitry comprising

• transmitter circuitry configured to transmit data to one of more of the communications devices of the first group, and
• receiver circuitry configured to receive data from one of more of the communications devices of the first group, and
• controller circuitry configured in combination with the transmitter and the receiver
• to receive an indication of interference in the resources of the wireless access interface caused by signals transmitted by another communications device, and
• to transmit, in response to receiving the indication of the interference, the data on different resources of the wireless access interface.