Methods, communications devices, and infrastructure equipment

A communications device comprising

• transceiver circuitry configured to transmit signals to and/or to receive signals from an infrastructure equipment supporting radio access network, RAN, sharing between a plurality of wireless communications networks, and
• controller circuitry configured in combination with the transceiver circuitry
• to determine that the communications device is to switch from a first path of communications with the infrastructure equipment to a second path of communications with the infrastructure equipment, wherein the second path comprises a relay node for relaying signals between the communications device and the infrastructure equipment,
• to receive a signal comprising an indication of one or more of the plurality of wireless communications networks that are supported by the relay node of the second path,
• to determine, based on the received indication, if the first wireless communications network is among the one or more wireless communications networks that are supported by the relay node of the second path, and
• to switch, if the first wireless communications network is among the one or more wireless communications networks that are supported by the relay node of the second path, from the first path to the second path.

An infrastructure equipment supporting radio access network, RAN, sharing between a plurality of wireless communications networks, the infrastructure equipment comprising

• transceiver circuitry configured to transmit signals to and/or to receive signals from a communications device via a first path of communications with the communications device, the transmitted and/or received signals being signals in accordance with a first of the wireless communications networks, and
• controller circuitry configured in combination with the transceiver circuitry
• to determine that a second path of communications with the communications device exists, the second path comprises a relay node for relaying signals between the communications device and the infrastructure equipment,
• to determine, based on an indication received from the relay node of the second path, if the first wireless communications network is among the one or more wireless communications networks that are supported by the relay node of the second path, and
• to determine, if the first wireless communications network is among the one or more wireless communications networks that are supported by the relay node of the second path, that the communications device is able to switch the from the first path to the second path.