This disclosure relates to a communication technique that fuses a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than 4G systems, with IoT technology, and a system therefor. This disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services or the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. A method for a terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving setting information for a reference signal; confirming whether beam switching is possible in a resource area to which the reference signal is to be transmitted; and measuring the reference signal based on the confirmation result.