Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving system information in broadband wireless communication system

A method of user equipment which receives System Information (SI) of a femto base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

• transmitting unique identification information of at least one femto base station included in a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) to a macro base station;
• generating at least one measurement gap pattern representing an SI reception point using unique identification information of the macro base station and the unique identification information of the at least one femto base station;
• and
• receiving SI from the at least one femto base station according to the generated at least one measurement gap pattern.

A measurement gap pattern transmission apparatus of a macro base station, for informing user equipment of a System Information (SI) transmission point of a femto base station in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

• a receiver for receiving unique identification information of at least one femto base station included in a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) from a user equipment;
• a measurement gap pattern generator for generating at least one measurement gap pattern representing a point at which SI of the at least one femto base station is transmitted using unique identification information of the macro base station itself and the unique identification information of the at least one femto base station;
• and
• a transmitter for transmitting the generated at least one measurement gap pattern to the user equipment.

An apparatus of user equipment which receives System Information (SI) of a femto base station in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

• a transmitter for transmitting unique identification information of at least one femto base station included in a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) to a macro base station;
• a measurement gap pattern generator for generating at least one measurement gap pattern representing an SI reception point using unique identification information of the macro base station and the unique identification information of the at least one femto base station;
• and
• a receiver for receiving the SI from the at least one femto base station according to the generated at least one measurement gap pattern.