A channel measurement method, comprising: sending, by a base station, first control information to user equipment, UE,, wherein the first control information is used to indicate a measurement reference signal of the UE on a carrier, and the first control information comprises at least one first measurement configuration set, and is used to instruct the UE to measure the measurement reference signal based on the at least one first measurement configuration set; sending, by the base station, the measurement reference signal to the UE; and sending, by the base station, second control information to the UE, wherein the second control information comprises at least one second measurement configuration set, and is used to instruct the UE to report a measurement result based on the at least one second measurement configuration set and the measurement reference signal, and the at least one second measurement configuration set is different from the at least one first measurement configuration set; wherein of the first control information and the second control information, only the second control information comprises uplink resource allocation information, and the uplink resource allocation information is used to indicate a channel resource on which the UE reports the measurement result; wherein that the first control information comprises at least one first measurement configuration set comprises: the first control information comprises a first measurement type set, the first measurement type set comprises a type of the measurement result, and the type of the measurement result is a type of a measurement result obtained by the UE by measuring the measurement reference signal; and wherein the second control information comprises a second measurement type set, the second measurement type set comprises a type of the measurement result, at least one type of the measurement result that is in the second measurement type set is determined based on the type of the measurement result that is in the first measurement type set, and characterised in that the second measurement type set included in the second control information includes an item that is not in the first measurement type set. sending, by a base station, first control information to user equipment, UE,, wherein the first control information is used to indicate a measurement reference signal of the UE on a carrier, and the first control information comprises at least one first measurement configuration set, and is used to instruct the UE to measure the measurement reference signal based on the at least one first measurement configuration set; sending, by the base station, the measurement reference signal to the UE; and sending, by the base station, second control information to the UE, wherein the second control information comprises at least one second measurement configuration set, and is used to instruct the UE to report a measurement result based on the at least one second measurement configuration set and the measurement reference signal, and the at least one second measurement configuration set is different from the at least one first measurement configuration set; wherein of the first control information and the second control information, only the second control information comprises uplink resource allocation information, and the uplink resource allocation information is used to indicate a channel resource on which the UE reports the measurement result; wherein that the first control information comprises at least one first measurement configuration set comprises: the first control information comprises a first measurement type set, the first measurement type set comprises a type of the measurement result, and the type of the measurement result is a type of a measurement result obtained by the UE by measuring the measurement reference signal; and wherein the second control information comprises a second measurement type set, the second measurement type set comprises a type of the measurement result, at least one type of the measurement result that is in the second measurement type set is determined based on the type of the measurement result that is in the first measurement type set, and characterised in that the second measurement type set included in the second control information includes an item that is not in the first measurement type set.