The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The disclosure pertains to selection of resources in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a User Equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes acquiring configuration information of a plurality of sidelink resource pools and transmitting a sidelink signal to another UE using one resource pool among the plurality of sidelink resource pools. The plurality of sidelink resource pools may be configured within an equal Bandwidth Part (BWP).