Patent ID: 8310987

Claim:
An operation method of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: changing a Group Configuration Change Counter (GCCC) upon change of information in a Secondary-Super Frame Header/Sub-Packet1 (S-SFH/SP1) whose transmission period is changeable within a range of one or more super frames; changing the GCCC and information representing a change of information in a common control message upon a change of at least one common control message; generating a Primary-Super Frame Header (P-SFH) which comprises the GCCC and the information representing the change of information in the at least one common control message, and which is transmitted every frame; and transmitting the P-SFH, wherein the information representing the change of the information in the common control message comprises one of a plurality of counters each corresponding to common control messages, and a bitmap which comprises at least one bit corresponding to one common control message.