A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING MULTIPLE USERS IN COMMUNICATION

A multiuser scheduling method in a communication system and an apparatus for the same are provided to maximize selection diversity and multiplexing by adaptively determining the number of simultaneous users according to the number of users and the average SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio) in multiplexing between Tx antennas and multiple user terminals. A multiuser scheduling apparatus in a communication system comprises a user grouping part(306), a group scheduling part(308), and a user group beam subset creation part(310). The user grouping part groups a plurality of user terminals according to partial channel information which is received from the user terminals. The group scheduling part determines the number of optimal user terminals for multiplexing according to the number of users and their SINRs(Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratios). The user group beam subset creation part selects Tx beams equivalent to the determined number and creates a beam subset.