Systems, methods, non-transitory processor-readable media, and apparatuses for determining modulation reference signals include but not limited to receiving a Synchronization Signal (SS)/Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) block, the SS/PBCH block includes Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) Resource Elements (REs). A portion of a bandwidth of the SS/PBCH block is outside of a bandwidth of a system bandwidth. A mapping between a DMRS sequence and the DMRS REs is determined. A mapping between a Control-Chanel Element (CCE) and a first resource is determined.