In some embodiments, the procedure 100 continues to optional operation 110 in which the device decodes the received signal to obtain the system information, if the system information is encoded with channel coding (e.g., forward error correction (FEC)). More specifically, in some embodiments, if a device receives multiple pieces of system information based on multiple sync references, the device may separately decode the multiple pieces of system information. In the example of LTE, the UE may decode system information from multiple different cells. The system information may include various system parameters and configurations etc., in accordance with various embodiments. Details of the system information will be described in further detail at the following operation 112.