However, more recently decoupled uplink and downlink communication networks have been proposed in order to increase coverage and capacity. Decoupled uplink and downlink operation may occur for example when uplink only relays are utilised and or uplink and downlink signals are transmitted from and received at different relay nodes and or different infrastructure equipment. For instance, a user device may transmit an uplink signal to a nearby relay but receive its downlink signal directly from a base station, thus the communications paths of the uplink and downlink signals are different. This scenario can lead to increased coverage provided by the base station and may occur due to the greater transmission power of a base station compared to a user device. For example, due to power constraints, a mobile user device may only be able to transmit to a nearby relay whereas the higher transmission power associated with the base station will allow the downlink signal to be transmitted with sufficient power that it can be received directly by the mobile user device.