The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for communication. The method includes: determining, by the user equipment, a specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration when the uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information is not received by the user equipment during the period; and communicating with a network side equipment by the user equipment during the period based on the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration. By the solution of the present disclosure, a probability of the situation that the user equipment cannot communicate with the network normally as the user equipment does not correctly receive the physical layer control signaling which carries the uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information and is sent from the network side is reduced, and user throughput is improved.