The execution mode of the present invention provides a measurement control method, including: user terminals receive measurement indication information provided by the network side; the user terminals determine that the user terminals require measurement according to the measurement indication information, and then execute the measurement process. The execution mode of the present invention also discloses a user terminal and network side equipment for implementing measurement control, and a corresponding radio communication system. The execution mode of the present invention resolves the problem that no measurement control scheme in the prior art can guarantee the user terminal to measure and acquire the measurement result in time, and simultaneously minimize the influence of measurement to the performance of the user terminal. The execution mode of the present invention not only ensure that the user terminal will not have frequent measurements, but also ensures that the user terminalcan purposefully measure, and also minimizes the influence of measurement to the performance of the user terminal.