Provided herein are communication schemes for combining 5G communication systems with IoT technology to support higher data transmission rate as post-4G systems and systems for the same. The present disclosure may be used in intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health-care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and IoT-related techniques. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for sensing a channel by a base station in a communication system comprises setting a channel sensing interval for sensing a channel available on an unlicensed band, based on a first start time when the base station starts a signal transmission and the set channel sensing interval, setting a second start time when a channel sensing operation starts, and performing the channel sensing operation during the channel sensing interval from the set second start time.