Provided are a method and apparatus for configuring contention-based access parameters of a Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) device. The method includes: determining, according to different priority classes, different Listen Before Talk (LBT) mechanisms or different LBT mechanism parameter sets corresponding to the different priority classes; executing contention-based access to an unlicensed carrier by using the different LBT mechanisms or the different LBT mechanism parameter sets corresponding to the different priority classes; and when a right of using the unlicensed carrier is successfully gained based on a used LBT mechanism or a used LBT mechanism parameter set, transmitting data by utilizing the unlicensed carrier.