This application provides a communication method and a device. The communication method includes: receiving a UL grant from a network device, where the UL grant is used to indicate an uplink transmission resource and transmission characteristic information; determining a first logical channel group, where each logical channel in the first logical channel group is mapped to one or more pieces of transmission characteristic information, and transmission characteristic information to which at least one logical channel in the first logical channel group is mapped matches the transmission characteristic information indicated by the UL grant; and sending a BSR of the first logical channel group to the network device by using the uplink transmission resource.