Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving resource allocation information in a communication system

A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving resource allocation information in a communication system are provided, in which a Base Station (BS) transmits resource allocation information including a folding bitmap and a Zone Flag (ZF). The folding bitmap provides zone configuration information about zones included in a subframe and the ZF indicates whether a last zone of the zones is allocated as a first service zone or a second service zone. The first service zone carries data for a first service, the second service zone carries data for a second service, and each of the first and second services zones includes at least one resource unit.