Apparatus and method for rate matching in data telecommunication system

PURPOSE: A rate matching apparatus of a data communication system and a method thereof are provided to match channel-encoded symbols with a transmission rate appropriate for a physical layer to transmit. CONSTITUTION: According to the rate matching apparatus in a digital communication system, a channel encoder unit(220) performs a channel encoding as to input information bits. A multiplexer unit(260) performs a time division multiplexing as to symbols channel-encoded by the above channel encoder unit regularly. A parameter converter unit(1440) provides input parameter value required in the transmission rate matching. And a transmission rate matching unit(1430) reproduces symbols as much as appropriate for a physical layer by puncturing or repetition as to multiplexed channel encoded symbols and then matches them with a transmission rate appropriate for the physical layer to transmit, according to the above input parameter value.