Synchronization signal transmission techniques

An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) of a millimeter wave new radio system operable to synchronize communication with a base station (BS), the apparatus comprising:

• a memory interface configured to access synchronization parameters in a memory;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• search a plurality of frequency ranges to detect synchronization signals (SS), wherein to detect the SS comprises to cross-correlate synchronization signal blocks within a synchronization signal burst set;
• decode, for a plurality of beams, a sequence of SS according to one or more accessed synchronization parameters, the sequence of SS including:
• repetitions of the synchronization signal burst set, the synchronization signal burst set including:
• a plurality of synchronization signal bursts, the synchronization signal bursts including:
• a plurality of synchronization signal blocks, the synchronization signal blocks including:
• a plurality of SS;
• and
• synchronize with a given BS based on the decoded SS.

At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for synchronizing communication between a user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS), the instructions when executed by one or more processors at the UE perform the following:

• searching a plurality of frequency ranges to detect synchronization signals (SS) wherein detection of the SS includes cross-correlating synchronization signal blocks within a synchronization signal burst set;
• decoding, for a plurality of beams, a sequence of SS according to one or more accessed synchronization parameters, the sequence of SS including:
• repetitions of the synchronization signal burst set, the synchronization signal burst set including:
• a plurality of synchronization signal bursts, the synchronization signal bursts including:
• a plurality of synchronization signal blocks, the synchronization signal blocks including:
• a plurality of SS;
• and
• synchronizing with a given BS based on the decoded SS.