Measurement configuration method, identification and measurement methods, macro base station and ue

Disclosed are a measurement configuration method, an identification and measurement method, a macro base station and a UE. The measurement configuration method provided in the embodiments of the present invention comprises: configuring, by a macro base station, a first measurement gap pattern for a UE; receiving, by the macro base station, indication information sent by the UE, wherein the indication information is used to represent that the quality of a signal radiated by a small base station received by the UE is greater than or equal to a preset signal quality threshold value; and configuring, by the macro base station, a second measurement gap pattern for the UE, wherein the measurement gap period in the second measurement gap pattern is less than that in the first measurement gap pattern. The methods in the embodiments of the present invention can reduce unnecessary power consumption for a UE, and can achieve the purpose of using a small cell to share load in time.