According to the disclosure of the present description, a method in which a base station determines a cooperative terminal is provided. The method comprises: a step of receiving status information from one or more terminals from among terminals that can cooperate with the base station in cooperative transmission; a step of determining, on the basis of the status information and upon receipt of a cooperative communication request from one terminal from among the cooperative terminals, a terminal which will cooperate with a terminal that has requested a cooperation; and a step of notifying the cooperative terminal of the terminal that has requested a cooperation.