A method for processing a common channel message in a CDMA communication system. The method includes mapping a signaling message generated in a Layer 3, a medium access control (MAC) message generated in a MAC sublayer and user data, to be transmitted over common channels to corresponding common logical channels; adding identifiers corresponding to common logical channels to the received signaling messages; processing the common logical channel identifier-added messages according to a common radio burst protocol using a single sequence number; and mapping the messages processed according to the common radio burst protocol to corresponding common channels.