A user equipment, comprising: a receiving module, configured to receive at least one of zero-power channel state information reference signal CSI-RS configuration information, non-zero power CSI-RS configuration information, and channel state information interference measurement CSI-IM configuration information that are sent by a base station; a processing module, configured to determine a first resource for interference measurement in a first subframe or determine a second resource not for interference measurement in the first subframe according to at least one of the zero-power CSI-RS configuration information, the non-zero power CSI-RS configuration information, and the CSI-IM configuration information; and a measuring module, configured to perform interference measurement on the first resource in the first subframe, or, perform no interference measurement on the second resource in the first subframe, characterised in that the first subframe is a candidate interference measurement reference resource subframe, the processing module determines the second resource not for interference measurement in the first subframe according to at least one of the zero-power CSI-RS configuration information, the non-zero power CSI-RS configuration information, and the CSI-IM configuration information, and the processing module is specifically configured to: determine existence of a CSI-IM resource in the first subframe and existence of at least one RE, which is a non-zero power CSI-RS resource, in the CSI-IM resource according to the CSI-IM configuration information and the non-zero power CSI-RS configuration information, so that the processing module determines that the CSI-IM resource is the second resource not for interference measurement. a receiving module, configured to receive at least one of zero-power channel state information reference signal CSI-RS configuration information, non-zero power CSI-RS configuration information, and channel state information interference measurement CSI-IM configuration information that are sent by a base station; a processing module, configured to determine a first resource for interference measurement in a first subframe or determine a second resource not for interference measurement in the first subframe according to at least one of the zero-power CSI-RS configuration information, the non-zero power CSI-RS configuration information, and the CSI-IM configuration information; and a measuring module, configured to perform interference measurement on the first resource in the first subframe, or, perform no interference measurement on the second resource in the first subframe, characterised in that the first subframe is a candidate interference measurement reference resource subframe, the processing module determines the second resource not for interference measurement in the first subframe according to at least one of the zero-power CSI-RS configuration information, the non-zero power CSI-RS configuration information, and the CSI-IM configuration information, and the processing module is specifically configured to: determine existence of a CSI-IM resource in the first subframe and existence of at least one RE, which is a non-zero power CSI-RS resource, in the CSI-IM resource according to the CSI-IM configuration information and the non-zero power CSI-RS configuration information, so that the processing module determines that the CSI-IM resource is the second resource not for interference measurement.