A method and apparatus for transmitting a wireless communication system and receiving control information

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving control information in a wireless communication system. Method of transmitting from a base station of a wireless communication system control information comprising: transmitting a control channel carrying an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing information number (OFDM) symbols associated to the terminal; determining control based on the identifier (ID) of the terminal position of the channel candidates based on the terminal channel quality indicator (CQI) of configuration information for determining the number of control channel candidate control channel elements (CCE); and at least one control information is transmitted to the terminal through a control channel candidates in .