A measuring method, comprising: receiving, by a user equipment, information of a neighboring micro cell, and learning that a neighboring cell of a serving cell of the user equipment comprises a micro cell according to the information of the neighboring micro cell; and characterized in that the method further comprises: receiving, by the user equipment, measurement configuration information sent by a control base station of the serving cell, wherein the measurement configuration information includes a measurement identifier and indication information corresponding to the measurement identifier, and the indication information corresponding to the measurement identifier is used to indicate ignoring the measurement starting condition when performing measurement corresponding to the measurement identifier; and ignoring, by the user equipment, the measurement starting condition according to the indication information when performing measurement on the micro cell to perform the measurement on the micro cell without limitation of the measurement starting condition, wherein the measurement starting condition comprises starting measurement on a neighboring cell of the serving cell only when a measured value of a measurement variable of the serving cell is lower than a preset threshold. receiving, by a user equipment, information of a neighboring micro cell, and learning that a neighboring cell of a serving cell of the user equipment comprises a micro cell according to the information of the neighboring micro cell; and characterized in that the method further comprises: receiving, by the user equipment, measurement configuration information sent by a control base station of the serving cell, wherein the measurement configuration information includes a measurement identifier and indication information corresponding to the measurement identifier, and the indication information corresponding to the measurement identifier is used to indicate ignoring the measurement starting condition when performing measurement corresponding to the measurement identifier; and ignoring, by the user equipment, the measurement starting condition according to the indication information when performing measurement on the micro cell to perform the measurement on the micro cell without limitation of the measurement starting condition, wherein the measurement starting condition comprises starting measurement on a neighboring cell of the serving cell only when a measured value of a measurement variable of the serving cell is lower than a preset threshold. receiving, by the user equipment, measurement configuration information sent by a control base station of the serving cell, wherein the measurement configuration information includes a measurement identifier and indication information corresponding to the measurement identifier, and the indication information corresponding to the measurement identifier is used to indicate ignoring the measurement starting condition when performing measurement corresponding to the measurement identifier; and ignoring, by the user equipment, the measurement starting condition according to the indication information when performing measurement on the micro cell to perform the measurement on the micro cell without limitation of the measurement starting condition, wherein the measurement starting condition comprises starting measurement on a neighboring cell of the serving cell only when a measured value of a measurement variable of the serving cell is lower than a preset threshold.