Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving image data for virtual reality streaming service

The present disclosure relates to 5G communication system to support higher data rates than the 4G system after the communication technique and system that fuses with the IoT technology. This disclosure is for the intelligent services (e.g., based on the 5G technologies and IoT related technologies, smart home, smart buildings, smart city, smart card, or, connected cars, health care, digital educational, retail, security and safety services, ) it can be applied to. A method of receiving image data for the virtual reality streaming service in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device is the process of determining an adaptive virtual reality streaming playing condition on the basis of the bandwidth states, and wherein the adaptive virtual reality If it is determined to execute the streaming service, it comprises the step of requesting the image data for the adaptive virtual reality streaming service on the basis of the track head information and bandwidth information collected in advance and received from the server.