A method of wireless communication, comprising: receiving , by a user equipment, LTE, a synchronization signal block, SSB, configuration for a discovery signal detection window having a plurality of communication slots, wherein, based on the SSB configuration, UE identifies random access resource and time and frequency locations to monitor remaining minimum system information, RMSI, configured for each SSB, wherein the SSB configuration includes an SSB bitmap identifying one or more actual SSB transmissions within the plurality of communication slots in the discovery signal detection window; receiving , by the UE, an SSB transmission indicator wherein the SSB transmission indicator identifies the beginning of transmissions within the discovery signal detection window; mapping , by the UE, the SSB configuration using the SSB transmission indicator to determine one or more SSB for rate matching in one or more slots of the plurality of communication slots, wherein the mapping includes: cyclically shifting, by the LTE, each bit of the SSB bitmap into a cyclically extended SSB bitmap, wherein the bits corresponding to SSB transmissions in communication slots lying between the beginning of the discovery signal detection window and the beginning of transmissions within the discovery signal detection window are cyclically shifted from the beginning to the end of the SSB bitmap, and identifying the one or more slots of the determined one or more SSB for rate matching according to the cyclically extended SSB bitmap; and rate matching , by the UE, data transmission around each of the one or more SSBs in the one or more slots. receiving , by a user equipment, LTE, a synchronization signal block, SSB, configuration for a discovery signal detection window having a plurality of communication slots, wherein, based on the SSB configuration, UE identifies random access resource and time and frequency locations to monitor remaining minimum system information, RMSI, configured for each SSB, wherein the SSB configuration includes an SSB bitmap identifying one or more actual SSB transmissions within the plurality of communication slots in the discovery signal detection window; receiving , by the UE, an SSB transmission indicator wherein the SSB transmission indicator identifies the beginning of transmissions within the discovery signal detection window; mapping , by the UE, the SSB configuration using the SSB transmission indicator to determine one or more SSB for rate matching in one or more slots of the plurality of communication slots, wherein the mapping includes: cyclically shifting, by the LTE, each bit of the SSB bitmap into a cyclically extended SSB bitmap, wherein the bits corresponding to SSB transmissions in communication slots lying between the beginning of the discovery signal detection window and the beginning of transmissions within the discovery signal detection window are cyclically shifted from the beginning to the end of the SSB bitmap, and identifying the one or more slots of the determined one or more SSB for rate matching according to the cyclically extended SSB bitmap; and cyclically shifting, by the LTE, each bit of the SSB bitmap into a cyclically extended SSB bitmap, wherein the bits corresponding to SSB transmissions in communication slots lying between the beginning of the discovery signal detection window and the beginning of transmissions within the discovery signal detection window are cyclically shifted from the beginning to the end of the SSB bitmap, and identifying the one or more slots of the determined one or more SSB for rate matching according to the cyclically extended SSB bitmap; and rate matching , by the UE, data transmission around each of the one or more SSBs in the one or more slots. <EOS>