Disclosed is a method for selecting transport formats corresponding to
transport channels in a wideband code division multiple access mobile
communication system. The method includes the steps of sorting a logical
channels according to priorities, the logical channels existing between a
radio link control layer entity and a medium access control layer entity;
sorting transport format indicators indicating the transport formats
according to a number of transport blocks for each corresponding
transport format; and according to a sequence of the sorted transport
format indicators, selecting transport formats supporting transport
blocks of a transport format indicator, a number of which is less than or
equal to a number of data blocks to be transferred through a logical
channel according to each priority; and comparing size of the data blocks
to be transferred with sizes of transport blocks of a selected transport
format indicator and selecting a transport format indicator having sizes
of a transport block identical to sizes of the data blocks to be
transferred.