A method for measuring an aggregated carrier cell includes: obtaining, by a user equipment, measurement configuration information of an aggregated carrier cell, where the measurement configuration information includes signal estimation value information and a corresponding measurement period thereof; obtaining, by the user equipment, a measurement period of a non-active component carrier according to a signal estimation value of the non-active component carrier in the aggregated carrier cell and the measurement configuration information; and measuring the non-active component carrier according to the measurement period. With the method of the present invention, the user equipment can measure different component carriers in an aggregated carrier cell in different periods.