A method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes: determining to operate using a numerology comprising at least one item from a list consisting of: a subcarrier spacing of 60 kHz or greater, a cyclic prefix greater than 8 μs, and ten symbols per slot; and detecting and processing a first synchronization signal block (SSB), the first SSB associated with a burst set, wherein the burst set includes a plurality of SSBs having time domain (TD) locations fitting into 1 ms duration or 2 ms duration, the plurality of SSBs including 4, 5, 6, or 8 SSBs.