The present disclosure provides a communication method, apparatus, electronic device, and computer readable storage medium. The method improves the Measurement Timing Configuration SMTC of a cell synchronization signal, the improved SMTC including SSB information of a serving beam cell and a neighbour beam cell, the neighbour beam cell including other beam cells covered by other beams, other than the serving beam, of a first non-terrestrial node covering the serving beam cell and/or beam cells covered by beams of a second non-terrestrial node adjacent to the first non-terrestrial node. Enabling the UE to obtain, in a timely and reliable manner, the SSB signals of the beam cells covered by beams, other than the serving beam, of a first non-terrestrial node and/or the beam cells covered by beams of the second non-terrestrial node for cell measurement in the non-terrestrial communication network.