Method and apparatus for determining base stations providing cooperative communication to a mobile station in a communication system

A method of determining member Base Stations (BSs) providing cooperative communication to a Mobile Station (MS) in a communication system, the method comprising:

• generating a candidate list of the member BSs by using at least one of strengths of signals received from adjacent BSs and cell loading state information of the adjacent BSs;
• and
• transmitting the candidate list to a serving BS.

A serving Base Station (BS) for determining member BSs providing cooperative communication to a Mobile Station (MS) in a communication system, the serving BS comprising:

• a controller configured to, in response to receipt of a candidate list of member BSs generated using at least one of strengths of signals received from adjacent BSs and cell loading state information of the adjacent BSs from the MS, select candidate BSs having a service quality larger than or equal to a threshold among candidate BSs included in the candidate list as targets to receive a member negotiation, perform a capability negotiation with each of the selected candidate BSs to receive the member negotiation to determine final member BSs, and control to transmit information on the determined final member BSs to the MS through a transceiver.

A Mobile Station (MS) determining member Base Stations (BSs) providing cooperative communication to the MS in a communication system, the MS comprising:

• a controller configured to generate a candidate list of the member BSs by using at least one of strengths of signals received from adjacent BSs and cell loading state information of the adjacent BSs and control a transceiver to transmit the candidate list to a serving BS.