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

Circuitry for a base station for use in a mobile telecommunications system, the base station configured to communicate via a wireless interface with one or more terminals of the system, the system comprising one or more infrastructure nodes configured to communicate with the one or more terminals via the wireless interface, wherein resources of the wireless interface are allocated for successive periods of time, the circuitry comprising:

• a controller and a transceiver configured to operate together to:
• obtain measurements wherein a measurement relates to a link between a first terminal of the one or more terminals and one of the one or more infrastructure nodes;
• identify the communications between the first terminal and the one or more infrastructure nodes as delay-sensitive communications;
• identify, based on the obtained measurements and on an identification of the communications between the first terminal and the one or more infrastructure nodes as delay-sensitive communications, resources to allocate for the first terminal to communicate with one or more of the infrastructure nodes wherein the identified resources are selected from two or more of the periods of time;
• and
• allocate the identified resources for the first terminal to communicate with the one or more of the infrastructure nodes during the two or more periods of time.

An infrastructure node for use in a mobile telecommunications system, the system comprising a base station configured to communicate via a wireless interface with one or more terminals, wherein resources of the wireless interface are allocated for successive periods of time, the infrastructure node being configured to:

• communicate with the one or more terminals via the wireless interface;
• receive an allocation message for allocating resources for the infrastructure node to communicate with the first terminal wherein the resources to be allocated are selected from two or more of the periods of time;
• and
• access, based on the allocation message, resources to communicate with the first terminal during the two or more periods of time.