USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION AND CELL DISCOVERY METHOD

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention disclose use equipment, a base station, and a cell discovery method, which relate to the communications field and implement accurate cell discovery and measurement in a scenario in which small cells are densely deployed. The method provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes: receiving, by the UE, auxiliary information, where the auxiliary information includes resource information of a second reference signal of a first neighboring cell, and the first neighboring cell is any neighboring cell of a serving base station of the UE; detecting, by the UE, a first reference signal of the first neighboring cell according to the auxiliary information to make the UE synchronize with the first neighboring cell; and detecting, by the UE according to the auxiliary information, the first reference signal of the first neighboring cell, or the second reference signal of the first neighboring cell, or the first reference signal and the second reference signal that are of the first neighboring cell, to acquire a cell identity ID or a virtual ID of the first neighboring cell. The present invention is used for cell discovery.