A user terminal supporting carrier aggregation (CA) and an operating method thereof are provided. The operating method includes receiving indication information regarding a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) component carrier (CC) group from a base station; determining whether a phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is the same with respect to CCs included in the PTRS CC group, based at least in part on the indication information; requesting the base station to transmit at least one PTRS using at least one CC included in the PTRS CC group; and receiving the at least one PTRS from the base station using the at least one CC.