Method and apparatus for selecting residence cell

摘要

The invention provides a method of selecting a cell to be camped on and a device utilizing the same. The method comprises: a terminal device performs, according to configuration information, measurements on a licensed band and an unlicensed band, wherein the configuration information comprises channel signal quality measurement information and/or channel interference level measurement information, the channel signal quality measurement information comprises a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter and/or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) parameter, and the channel interference level measurement information comprises a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) parameter; and the terminal device determines, according to measurement results with respect to the measurements on the licensed band and the unlicensed band, a cell to be camped on. Therefore, a terminal device can camp on a cell covering a licensed or unlicensed band, providing favorable access performance among licensed or unlicensed bands.