A communication method includes obtaining, by a first device, first target information, determining, by the first device based on the first target information, a data transmit array element from light emitting diodes (LEDs) of the first device, where each data transmit array element of the first device includes at least one LED, and sending, by the first device, to-be-sent data to a data receive array element of a second device using the data transmit array element, where each data receive array element of the second device includes at least one LED of the second device.