The present disclosure relates to a fifth generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system to be provided to support a higher data transmission rate since fourth generation (4G) communication systems like long-term evolution (LTE). A method of a receiver in a wireless communication system is provide. The method includes receiving at least one packet, identifying whether there is a non-received packet among the at least one packet, and transmitting status report information when there is the non-received packet, in which the status report information includes a field indicating whether there are consecutively non-received packets.