Disclosed is a method for sending a signal, comprising: a small cell sending a discovery signal (DS) in a corresponding sending mode according to a current state of the small cell. Further disclosed is a device for sending a signal. In the present invention, according to the current state of the small cell, an access state of the small cell is adjusted in real time, thereby significantly reducing the interference of the small cell to a neighbor cell, improving the system performance, and being able to reduce the energy consumption of the small cell.