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1. A communications device for transmitting data to or receiving data from a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network including one or more network elements, the one or more network elements providing a wireless access interface for the communications device, the communications device comprising:
a transmitter unit adapted to transmit signals representing the data to the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface provided by the one or more network elements of the mobile communications network, and p1 a receiver unit adapted to receive signals representing the data from the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface provided by the one or more network elements of the mobile communications network, the wireless access interface providing a plurality of communications resource elements across a host frequency range of a host carrier, and providing a first section of the communications resources within a first frequency range for preferable allocation to reduced capability devices forming a first virtual carrier and a second section of the communications resources within a second frequency range for preferable allocation to the reduced capability devices forming a second virtual carrier, each of the first frequency range and the second frequency range being within the host frequency range, wherein the receiver unit is configured with a reduced capability to receive the signals only within a frequency bandwidth which is less than the host frequency range and equal to at least one of the first frequency range and the second frequency range and the wireless access interface includes a plurality of time divided sub-frames, and at least one of the sub-frames includes a control channel in a part of the sub-frame for communicating first signalling data to reduced capability devices, the first signalling data identifying a location of one or more of the communications resources from which the communications device can receive common system information, the common system information providing information which is common to one or more other reduced capability devices, the common system information being valid for use by the communications device beyond the sub-frame, and the communications device includes a controller configured to control the receiver unit to receive the first signalling data from the control channel and the common system information from the one or more communications resources identified by the first signalling data. |
