An apparatus of user equipment, UE, (102, 200) comprising: a transceiver arranged to communicate with an evolved NodeB, eNB; and processing circuitry arranged to: configure the transceiver to receive a next generation primary synchronization signal, xPSS, transmission and one of a next generation secondary synchronization signal, xSSS, and a next generation synchronization channel, xS-SCH, transmission after the xPSS transmission, comprising one of: a plurality, Nrep, of xPSS symbols each comprising an xPSS subcarrier spacing an integer times larger than a PSS subcarrier spacing, and an xPSS duration the integer times smaller than a PSS duration, and an Interleaved Frequency Division Multiple Access, IFDMA, structure comprising sets of xPSS symbols separated by non-xPSS symbols; obtain a physical layer cell identification and achieve synchronization with the eNB using the xPSS transmission; configure the transceiver to communicate with the eNB after synchronization is achieved with the eNB; and wherein to configure the transceiver to receive the xPSS includes configuring the transceiver to receive information regarding the xPSS transmission from a primary cell, Pcell, Via UE-specific dedicated Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling, the information including at least one of: an indication of whether the xPSS transmission is one of a beamformed and a repeated xPSS transmission; an indication of whether Power Spectral Density, PSD, boosting is being used for the xPSS transmission; an indication of whether a cyclic prefix, CP, is used for the xPSS transmission and a type of the CP; and a periodicity, an aggregation level, K, and a repetition level of the xPSS transmission. a transceiver arranged to communicate with an evolved NodeB, eNB; and processing circuitry arranged to: configure the transceiver to receive a next generation primary synchronization signal, xPSS, transmission and one of a next generation secondary synchronization signal, xSSS, and a next generation synchronization channel, xS-SCH, transmission after the xPSS transmission, comprising one of: a plurality, Nrep, of xPSS symbols each comprising an xPSS subcarrier spacing an integer times larger than a PSS subcarrier spacing, and an xPSS duration the integer times smaller than a PSS duration, and an Interleaved Frequency Division Multiple Access, IFDMA, structure comprising sets of xPSS symbols separated by non-xPSS symbols; obtain a physical layer cell identification and achieve synchronization with the eNB using the xPSS transmission; configure the transceiver to communicate with the eNB after synchronization is achieved with the eNB; and wherein to configure the transceiver to receive the xPSS includes configuring the transceiver to receive information regarding the xPSS transmission from a primary cell, Pcell, Via UE-specific dedicated Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling, the information including at least one of: an indication of whether the xPSS transmission is one of a beamformed and a repeated xPSS transmission; an indication of whether Power Spectral Density, PSD, boosting is being used for the xPSS transmission; an indication of whether a cyclic prefix, CP, is used for the xPSS transmission and a type of the CP; and a periodicity, an aggregation level, K, and a repetition level of the xPSS transmission. configure the transceiver to receive a next generation primary synchronization signal, xPSS, transmission and one of a next generation secondary synchronization signal, xSSS, and a next generation synchronization channel, xS-SCH, transmission after the xPSS transmission, comprising one of: a plurality, Nrep, of xPSS symbols each comprising an xPSS subcarrier spacing an integer times larger than a PSS subcarrier spacing, and an xPSS duration the integer times smaller than a PSS duration, and an Interleaved Frequency Division Multiple Access, IFDMA, structure comprising sets of xPSS symbols separated by non-xPSS symbols; a plurality, Nrep, of xPSS symbols each comprising an xPSS subcarrier spacing an integer times larger than a PSS subcarrier spacing, and an xPSS duration the integer times smaller than a PSS duration, and an Interleaved Frequency Division Multiple Access, IFDMA, structure comprising sets of xPSS symbols separated by non-xPSS symbols; obtain a physical layer cell identification and achieve synchronization with the eNB using the xPSS transmission; configure the transceiver to communicate with the eNB after synchronization is achieved with the eNB; and wherein to configure the transceiver to receive the xPSS includes configuring the transceiver to receive information regarding the xPSS transmission from a primary cell, Pcell, Via UE-specific dedicated Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling, the information including at least one of: an indication of whether the xPSS transmission is one of a beamformed and a repeated xPSS transmission; an indication of whether Power Spectral Density, PSD, boosting is being used for the xPSS transmission; an indication of whether a cyclic prefix, CP, is used for the xPSS transmission and a type of the CP; and a periodicity, an aggregation level, K, and a repetition level of the xPSS transmission. an indication of whether the xPSS transmission is one of a beamformed and a repeated xPSS transmission; an indication of whether Power Spectral Density, PSD, boosting is being used for the xPSS transmission; an indication of whether a cyclic prefix, CP, is used for the xPSS transmission and a type of the CP; and a periodicity, an aggregation level, K, and a repetition level of the xPSS transmission.