Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for performing, by UE, decoding in a wireless communication system. According to the present invention, there may be a method and an apparatus for decoding data in which a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) configured by a base station according to a specific pattern is received from the base station through a DMRS symbol, the demodulation reference signal is transmitted on a specific antenna port and located on the same one or two time-axis symbols as at least one other demodulation reference signal transmitted on another antenna port, the specific pattern is determined according to characteristics of a frequency band in which the demodulation reference signal is transmitted, the demodulation reference signal is mapped to the one or two time-axis symbols using at least one of a first code division multiplexing (CDM) on a frequency axis or a second CDM on a time axis, and the data are decoded using the demodulation reference signal.