A locating method, wherein the method comprises: receiving, by user equipment, a locating broadcast message sent by a base station, wherein the locating broadcast message carries a locating list, and the locating list comprises an identifier of locatable user equipment; and if the locating list does not comprise an identifier of the user equipment, ignoring, by the user equipment, a locating signal sent by the base station; wherein the user equipment is primary user equipment, and before the receiving, by user equipment, a locating broadcast message sent by a base station, the method further comprises: performing, by the primary user equipment, pairing with secondary user equipment; recording, by the primary user equipment, an identifier of the primary user equipment and an identifier of the secondary user equipment; determining, by the primary user equipment, locatable user equipment in the primary user equipment and the secondary user equipment; and sending, by the primary user equipment, a locating configuration message to the base station, wherein the locating configuration message carries the identifier of the primary user equipment, the identifier of the secondary user equipment, and a locating enable identifier; the primary user equipment and each secondary user equipment separately correspond to one locating enable identifier, and the locating enable identifier is used to indicate whether user equipment is locatable, so that the base station creates the locating list, wherein the locating list comprises an identifier of user equipment corresponding to a locating enable identifier that indicates that the user equipment is locatable. receiving, by user equipment, a locating broadcast message sent by a base station, wherein the locating broadcast message carries a locating list, and the locating list comprises an identifier of locatable user equipment; and if the locating list does not comprise an identifier of the user equipment, ignoring, by the user equipment, a locating signal sent by the base station; wherein the user equipment is primary user equipment, and before the receiving, by user equipment, a locating broadcast message sent by a base station, the method further comprises: performing, by the primary user equipment, pairing with secondary user equipment; recording, by the primary user equipment, an identifier of the primary user equipment and an identifier of the secondary user equipment; determining, by the primary user equipment, locatable user equipment in the primary user equipment and the secondary user equipment; and sending, by the primary user equipment, a locating configuration message to the base station, wherein the locating configuration message carries the identifier of the primary user equipment, the identifier of the secondary user equipment, and a locating enable identifier; the primary user equipment and each secondary user equipment separately correspond to one locating enable identifier, and the locating enable identifier is used to indicate whether user equipment is locatable, so that the base station creates the locating list, wherein the locating list comprises an identifier of user equipment corresponding to a locating enable identifier that indicates that the user equipment is locatable. performing, by the primary user equipment, pairing with secondary user equipment; recording, by the primary user equipment, an identifier of the primary user equipment and an identifier of the secondary user equipment; determining, by the primary user equipment, locatable user equipment in the primary user equipment and the secondary user equipment; and sending, by the primary user equipment, a locating configuration message to the base station, wherein the locating configuration message carries the identifier of the primary user equipment, the identifier of the secondary user equipment, and a locating enable identifier; the primary user equipment and each secondary user equipment separately correspond to one locating enable identifier, and the locating enable identifier is used to indicate whether user equipment is locatable, so that the base station creates the locating list, wherein the locating list comprises an identifier of user equipment corresponding to a locating enable identifier that indicates that the user equipment is locatable.