The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method of a user equipment (UE) is provided, which the method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information associated with at least one non-cell defining-synchronization signal block (NCD-SSB). The method comprises identifying configurations for the at least one NCD-SSB based on the received configuration information, wherein the configurations for the at least one NCD-SSB includes configuration of a frequency domain, configuration of a period and configuration of a time domain for the at least one NCD-SSB. The method comprises receiving the at least one NCD-SSB on a resource based on the identified configurations.