The present invention discloses a method for notifying a load-adjustment factor, including: a base station setting a load-adjustment factor of a sector and notifying a user terminal. The present invention also discloses a method for selecting and determining Data Rate Control (DRC) pointing, including: when selecting a sector which a DRC points towards, a user terminal calculating a difference value by deducting the received load-adjustment factor of the sector sent by a base station, from the measured signal measurement strength of the sector; the user terminal determining whether to point the DRC towards the sector according to the signal measurement strength resulted from the deduction. The present invention also discloses a method for determining sector handover, including: when selecting to handover add or handover drop a sector, a user terminal calculating a difference value by deducting the received load adjustment factor of sector, which is sent by the base station, from the measured signal measurement strength of the sector; the user terminal determining whether to handover add or handover drop the sector according to the signal measurement strength resulted from the deduction.