Method and terminal device for allocating resources in a plurality of subframes

1. A terminal device for communicating with a telecommunications system over a radio interface supporting a downlink shared channel for conveying user-plane data to the terminal device and a downlink control channel for conveying control-plane data to the terminal device, wherein the control-plane data conveys information on physical resource allocations for the downlink shared channel for the terminal device, and wherein the radio interface is based on a radio frame structure comprising a plurality of subframes, wherein each subframe comprises a control region for supporting the downlink control channel and a user-plane region for supporting the downlink shared channel, the terminal device comprising:

circuitry configured to

transmit an indication of a class type of the terminal device when performing a camp on procedure to establish a link with the telecommunications system;

receive in the control region of a first radio subframe an indication of a physical resource allocation for the terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of a second radio subframe; and

receive user-plane data on the physical resource allocation for the terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of the second radio subframe, wherein

the second radio subframe is transmitted with a delay after transmitting the first radio subframe,

the delay is dependent on the class type of the terminal device,

the class type includes at least a mobile-type and a machine-type, the machine type being semi-autonomous or autonomous wireless terminal devices having the reduced bandwidth capabilities as compared to the mobile-type, and

the delay is increased when the class type is the machine-type.

2. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the delay is of a duration which corresponds with a predefined number of subframes.

3. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to receive an indication of the delay in association with the physical resource allocation for the terminal device.

4. The terminal device of claim 3 , wherein the indication of the delay comprises an indication of a number of subframes.

5. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the control region of the first radio subframe comprises a physical resource allocation for a further terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of the first radio subframe.

6. The terminal device of claim 5 , wherein the terminal device is a terminal device of a first type and the further terminal device is a terminal device of a second type, the second type being different from the first type.

7. The terminal device of claim 6 , wherein the physical resource allocation for the terminal device is received using a first format for conveying control-plane data and the physical resource allocation for the further terminal device is in a second format for conveying control-plane data, the second format being different from the first format.

8. The terminal device of claim 6 , wherein the physical resource allocation for the terminal device is received using a first format for conveying control-plane data and the physical resource allocation for the further terminal device is in a second format for conveying control-plane data, the second format being the same as the first format.

9. The terminal device of claim 5 , wherein the terminal device and further terminal device are of the same type.

10. A base station for use in a telecommunications system comprising the base station and a plurality of terminal devices arranged to communicate with the base station over a radio interface supporting a downlink shared channel for conveying user-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices and a downlink control channel for conveying control-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices, wherein the control-plane data conveys information on physical resource allocations for the downlink shared channel for respective ones of the terminal devices, and wherein the radio interface is based on a radio frame structure comprising a plurality of subframes, wherein each subframe comprises a control region for supporting the downlink control channel and a user-plane region for supporting the downlink shared channel, the base station comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive, from a first terminal device performing a camp on procedure to establish a link with the telecommunications system, an indication of a class type of the first terminal device;

transmit in the control region of a first radio subframe an indication of a physical resource allocation for the first terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of a second radio subframe; and

transmit user-plane data on the physical resource allocation for the first terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of the second radio subframe, wherein

the second radio subframe is transmitted with a delay after transmitting the first radio subframe,

the delay is dependent on the class type of the first terminal device,

the class type includes at least a mobile-type and a machine-type, the machine type being semi-autonomous or autonomous wireless terminal devices having the reduced bandwidth capabilities as compared to the mobile-type, and

the delay is increased when the class type is the machine-type.

11. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the circuitry is configured such that the delay is of a duration which corresponds with a predefined number of subframes.

12. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit the physical resource allocation for the first terminal device in association with an indication of a selected interval.

13. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the circuitry is configured such that the indication of the delay comprises an indication of a number of subframes.

14. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit a physical resource allocation for a second terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of the first radio subframe using the control region of the first radio subframe.

15. The base station of claim 14 , wherein the first terminal device is a terminal device of a first type and the second terminal device is a terminal device of a second type, the second type being different from the first type.

16. The base station of claim 15 , wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit the physical resource allocation for the first terminal device using a first format for conveying control-plane data and to transmit the physical resource allocation for the second terminal device using a second format for conveying control-plane data, the second format being different from the first format.

17. The base station of claim 15 , wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit the physical resource allocation for the first terminal device using a first format for conveying control-plane data and to transmit the physical resource allocation for the second terminal device using a second format for conveying control-plane data, the second format being the same as the first format.

18. The base station of claim 14 , wherein the first terminal and second terminal devices are of the same type.