Infrastructure equipment, wireless communications system, communications device and methods

Abstract

An infrastructure equipment for use in a wireless communications system comprising the infrastructure equipment and one or more communications devices is provided. The infrastructure equipment comprises controller circuitry and transceiver circuitry which are configured in combination to broadcast one or more synchronisation signals for use by the one or more communications devices to achieve synchronisation with a cell provided by the infrastructure equipment, and to broadcast an additional synchronisation signal, the additional synchronisation signal including an indication of a status of a first communications parameter selected from a plurality of communications parameters in accordance with conditions determined by the controller circuitry.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of operating a communications device in a wireless communications system comprising an infrastructure equipment and the communications device, the method comprising
 receiving a first broadcast from the infrastructure equipment comprising one or more synchronisation signals for use by the communications device to achieve synchronisation with a cell provided by the infrastructure equipment,   receiving a second broadcast from the infrastructure equipment comprising an additional synchronisation signal, the additional synchronisation signal including an indication of a status of a first communications parameter selected from a plurality of communications parameters in accordance with conditions determined by the infrastructure equipment, and   determining, based on the received additional synchronisation signal, the status of the communications parameter.