The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital educations, retail business, security and safety-related services, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. The communication method for a terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: detecting at least one synchronization signal; determining whether the at least one detected synchronization signal belongs to an operating frequency band for a terminal; and storing information relating to the at least one synchronization signal which has been determined as belonging to the operating frequency band for the terminal.