Patent attributes
Embodiments of this application disclose example data transmission methods and example devices. One example method includes receiving, by a first network device, resource configuration assistance information, where the resource configuration assistance information is used to indicate a communication pattern of user equipment. The first network device can then send dedicated resource configuration information to the user equipment based on the resource configuration assistance information, where the dedicated resource configuration information is used by the user equipment in a radio resource control (RRC) non-connected state to access the first network device, and where the RRC non-connected state is an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state. The first network device can then perform data transmission with the user equipment by using the dedicated resource configuration information.