1. A method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
decoding data which is received data or combined data;
in case that the data is successfully decoded, determining whether the decoding of the data is a first successful decoding; and
in case that the decoding of the data is the first successful decoding, delivering the decoded data to a disassembly and demultiplexing entity.', 'decoding data which is received data or combined data;', 'in case that the data is successfully decoded, determining whether the decoding of the data is a first successful decoding; and', 'in case that the decoding of the data is the first successful decoding, delivering the decoded data to a disassembly and demultiplexing entity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the decoding of the data comprises:
in case that it is determined that a transmission of the received data is a retransmission, determining whether corresponding data has not been successfully decoded;
in case that the corresponding data has not been successfully decoded, combining the received data with data in a soft buffer to obtain the combined data; and
decoding the combined data.', 'in case that it is determined that a transmission of the received data is a retransmission, determining whether corresponding data has not been successfully decoded;', 'in case that the corresponding data has not been successfully decoded, combining the received data with data in a soft buffer to obtain the combined data; and', 'decoding the combined data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the decoding of the data comprises, in case that it is determined that a transmission of the received data is not a retransmission, decoding the received data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
obtaining hybrid automatic request (HARQ) information for a HARQ process; and
determining whether a transmission of the received data is a retransmission or not based on the HARQ information.', 'obtaining hybrid automatic request (HARQ) information for a HARQ process; and', 'determining whether a transmission of the received data is a retransmission or not based on the HARQ information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the HARQ information includes a new data indicator (NDI).

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining of whether the transmission of the received data is the retransmission comprises determining whether the NDI has been toggled compared to a value of a previous transmission.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
obtaining hybrid automatic request (HARQ) information associated with corresponding data,
wherein the first successful decoding is a first case of a successful decoding for the corresponding data.', 'obtaining hybrid automatic request (HARQ) information associated with corresponding data,', 'wherein the first successful decoding is a first case of a successful decoding for the corresponding data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the decoded data is a decoded medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU).

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining whether corresponding data was successfully decoded before.', 'determining whether corresponding data was successfully decoded before

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes a timing advance (TA) command medium access control (MAC) control element (CE)

11. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
decode data which is received data or combined data,
in case that the data is successfully decoded, determine whether the decoding of the data is a first successful decoding, and
in case that the decoding of the data is the first successful decoding, deliver the decoded data to a disassembly and demultiplexing entity.', 'a transceiver; and', 'a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
decode data which is received data or combined data,
in case that the data is successfully decoded, determine whether the decoding of the data is a first successful decoding, and
in case that the decoding of the data is the first successful decoding, deliver the decoded data to a disassembly and demultiplexing entity.', 'decode data which is received data or combined data,', 'in case that the data is successfully decoded, determine whether the decoding of the data is a first successful decoding, and', 'in case that the decoding of the data is the first successful decoding, deliver the decoded data to a disassembly and demultiplexing entity

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is, in order to decode the data, configured to:
in case that it is determined that a transmission of the received data is a retransmission, determine whether corresponding data has not been successfully decoded,
in case that the corresponding data has not been successfully decoded, combine the received data with data in a soft buffer to obtain the combined data, and
decode the combined data.', 'in case that it is determined that a transmission of the received data is a retransmission, determine whether corresponding data has not been successfully decoded,', 'in case that the corresponding data has not been successfully decoded, combine the received data with data in a soft buffer to obtain the combined data, and', 'decode the combined data

13. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is, in order to decode the data, configured to decode the received data in case that it is determined that a transmission of the received data is not a retransmission

14. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:
obtain hybrid automatic request (HARQ) information for a HARQ process, and
determine whether a transmission of the received data is a retransmission or not based on the HARQ information.', 'obtain hybrid automatic request (HARQ) information for a HARQ process, and', 'determine whether a transmission of the received data is a retransmission or not based on the HARQ information

15. The terminal of claim 14, wherein the HARQ information includes a new data indicator (NDI)

16. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is, in order to determine whether the transmission of the received data is the retransmission, configured to determine whether the NDI has been toggled compared to a value of a previous transmission

17. The terminal of claim 11,
wherein the controller is further configured to obtain hybrid automatic request (HARQ) information associated with corresponding data, and
wherein the first successful decoding is a first case of a successful decoding for the corresponding data.', 'wherein the controller is further configured to obtain hybrid automatic request (HARQ) information associated with corresponding data, and', 'wherein the first successful decoding is a first case of a successful decoding for the corresponding data

18. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the decoded data is a decoded medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU)

19. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether corresponding data was successfully decoded before.

20. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the data includes a timing advance (TA) command medium access control (MAC) control element (CE).

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the first successful decoding is a first case of a successful decoding of corresponding data for the received data.

22. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the first successful decoding is a first case of a successful decoding of corresponding data for the received data.']