Provided is a signal transmitting method of a terminal in a multi-node system including and configured to control a plurality of nodes and a base station connected to each of the plurality of nodes. The method includes: estimating a channel of at least one node by receiving a reference signal from at least one node among the plurality of nodes; selecting a preferred rank and a precoding matrix index by applying at least one precoding matrix to the estimated channel; selecting one of a plurality of codeword-layer mappings (CLMs) by applying a precoding matrix indicated by the rank and the precoding matrix index; and transmitting the selected rank, the selected precoding matrix index, and a CLM indicator to the base station.