A method for providing a cooperative service performed by a master base station, BS, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: instructing a mobile station, MS, and a plurality of BSs adjacent to the MS to measure channels between the MS and the plurality of BSs; receiving channel measurement results from the MS and the plurality of BSs; configuring a cooperative cell based on at least one of the channel measurement results, channel condition information, cell load information, and path loss information related to the channels between the MS and the plurality of BSs, wherein configuring the cooperative cell comprises: determining first BSs from among the master BS and the plurality of BSs based on at least one of the channel measurement results, the channel condition information, the cell load information, and the path loss information, the first BSs consisting of a downlink, DL, master BS and at least one DL slave BS (110, 140) to provide a cooperative DL service to the MS; and determining second BSs from among the master BS and the plurality of BSs based on at least one of the channel measurement results, the channel condition information, the cell load information, and the path loss information, the second BSs consisting of an uplink, UL, master BS and at least one UL slave BS to provide a cooperative UL service to the MS; and transmitting information related to the first BSs to the MS and the first BSs, and transmitting information related to the second BSs to the MS and the second BSs; wherein the determining of the first BSs is separate to the determining of the second BSs whereby the first BSs and the second BSs include same BSs or different BSs. instructing a mobile station, MS, and a plurality of BSs adjacent to the MS to measure channels between the MS and the plurality of BSs; receiving channel measurement results from the MS and the plurality of BSs; configuring a cooperative cell based on at least one of the channel measurement results, channel condition information, cell load information, and path loss information related to the channels between the MS and the plurality of BSs, wherein configuring the cooperative cell comprises: determining first BSs from among the master BS and the plurality of BSs based on at least one of the channel measurement results, the channel condition information, the cell load information, and the path loss information, the first BSs consisting of a downlink, DL, master BS and at least one DL slave BS (110, 140) to provide a cooperative DL service to the MS; and determining second BSs from among the master BS and the plurality of BSs based on at least one of the channel measurement results, the channel condition information, the cell load information, and the path loss information, the second BSs consisting of an uplink, UL, master BS and at least one UL slave BS to provide a cooperative UL service to the MS; and determining first BSs from among the master BS and the plurality of BSs based on at least one of the channel measurement results, the channel condition information, the cell load information, and the path loss information, the first BSs consisting of a downlink, DL, master BS and at least one DL slave BS (110, 140) to provide a cooperative DL service to the MS; and determining second BSs from among the master BS and the plurality of BSs based on at least one of the channel measurement results, the channel condition information, the cell load information, and the path loss information, the second BSs consisting of an uplink, UL, master BS and at least one UL slave BS to provide a cooperative UL service to the MS; and transmitting information related to the first BSs to the MS and the first BSs, and transmitting information related to the second BSs to the MS and the second BSs; wherein the determining of the first BSs is separate to the determining of the second BSs whereby the first BSs and the second BSs include same BSs or different BSs.