Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. Provided are a terminal operation method in a wireless communication system and a device for performing the same, the method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: monitoring a synchronization signal transmitted by a base station, on the basis of a synchronization resource section; receiving the synchronization signal on the basis of the synchronization signal monitoring; and accessing the base station on the basis of the synchronization acquired from the synchronization signal, wherein the synchronization resource section of the synchronization signal transmission cycle comprises a plurality of synchronization signal transmission time points.