FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving control information in a wireless communication system are provided, in which physical layer overhead information which must be transmitted in a frame is determined, an encoded unit is formed from the overhead information having a fixed number of bits, included in the physical layer overhead information, and the frame containing the encoded unit is transmitted. Overhead information having a fixed number of bits includes information required to receive another overhead information having a variable number of bits.
EFFECT: high efficiency of using communication resources.
47 cl, 8 dwg
