Disclosed herein is a method of receiving a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, including receiving CSI-RS resource information about a CSI-RS resource location having the CSI-RS mapped thereto, from a base station and receiving the CSI-RS through a CSI-RS resource at a location determined based on the CSI-RS resource information, wherein the CSI-RS resource information includes an index value indicating a location of a CSI-RS resource element where the CSI-RS is transmitted, a period and offset information of a subframe where the CSI-RS is transmitted, and information on a number of antenna ports where the CSI-RS is transmitted, wherein when the index value indicates locations of different CSI-RS resource elements by types of the subframe where the CSI-RS is transmitted and the CSI-RS is set to be transmitted alternately through a normal subframe and a special subframe within one wireless frame, the location of the CSI-RS resource is determined in additional consideration of a type of the subframe in addition to the CSI-RS resource information.