Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and devices for cell measurement and measurement control. In the embodiments of the present invention, the base station may provide the information of the neighboring micro cell to the UE, so that the UE may identify that the neighboring cell of the serving cell includes a micro cell, and ignore the measurement starting condition when performing measurement on the micro cell, so as to timely complete measurement on the neighboring micro cell and be handed over to the neighboring micro cell to be served, thereby improving an effect of load sharing of the micro cell.