“…5G does away with the mandatory cell-specific reference signals as in LTE and allows for a flexible periodicity for the transmission of the Synchronization Signals (SSs). The periodicity of the SS blocks in 5G can take one of the following durations: [5,10,20,40,80,160] ms [11]- [13]. This flexible periodicity results in idle periods that are 25-800 times longer as compared to LTE under no load.…”