A method of supporting multiple coding schemes by a mobile station in a wireless mobile communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station via a downlink channel descriptor message, a first downlink burst profile including a first profile type field set to '1', a first downlink interval usage code field set to one of '0' to '12' each value mapped to a modulation and coding scheme, and first reserved bits set to '0'; characterized by further comprising: receiving, from the base station via the downlink channel descriptor message, a second downlink burst profile including a second profile type field set to '153', a code type field, a second downlink interval usage code field set to one of '0' to '12' and second reserved bits set to '0'; and recognizing an additional coding scheme to be used by the base station and the mobile station based on the code type field, wherein the code type field indicates one of a plurality of additional coding schemes other than a default coding scheme, and the default coding scheme has been referred to the first burst profile with the first profile type field set to '1', wherein the plurality of additional coding schemes and the default coding scheme are forward error correction schemes, wherein the plurality of additional coding schemes includes a block turbo code scheme, a convolutional turbo code scheme, a zero tail convolution code scheme, and a low density parity code scheme, wherein the first and the second downlink interval usage code fields indicate a modulation and coding scheme used in a specific downlink burst, and a size of the first downlink interval usage code field and a size of the second downlink interval usage code field are fixed to 4 bits, and wherein a code type field is not included in the first burst profile, and a size of the second reserved bits is smaller than a size of the first reserved bits as much as a size of the code type field. receiving, from a base station via a downlink channel descriptor message, a first downlink burst profile including a first profile type field set to '1', a first downlink interval usage code field set to one of '0' to '12' each value mapped to a modulation and coding scheme, and first reserved bits set to '0'; characterized by further comprising: receiving, from the base station via the downlink channel descriptor message, a second downlink burst profile including a second profile type field set to '153', a code type field, a second downlink interval usage code field set to one of '0' to '12' and second reserved bits set to '0'; and recognizing an additional coding scheme to be used by the base station and the mobile station based on the code type field, receiving, from the base station via the downlink channel descriptor message, a second downlink burst profile including a second profile type field set to '153', a code type field, a second downlink interval usage code field set to one of '0' to '12' and second reserved bits set to '0'; and recognizing an additional coding scheme to be used by the base station and the mobile station based on the code type field, wherein the code type field indicates one of a plurality of additional coding schemes other than a default coding scheme, and the default coding scheme has been referred to the first burst profile with the first profile type field set to '1', wherein the plurality of additional coding schemes and the default coding scheme are forward error correction schemes, wherein the plurality of additional coding schemes includes a block turbo code scheme, a convolutional turbo code scheme, a zero tail convolution code scheme, and a low density parity code scheme, wherein the first and the second downlink interval usage code fields indicate a modulation and coding scheme used in a specific downlink burst, and a size of the first downlink interval usage code field and a size of the second downlink interval usage code field are fixed to 4 bits, and wherein a code type field is not included in the first burst profile, and a size of the second reserved bits is smaller than a size of the first reserved bits as much as a size of the code type field.