An information transmission method apparatus, where the method includes determining, by a network device, first indication information, where the first indication information indicates a configuration of a second resource, the second resource transmits retransmission data including retransmission data of first data, the first data is received from a first terminal device using a first resource unit, the first resource unit belongs to a preconfigured first resource, the first resource and the second resource are both grant-free resources and are different from each other, and the first indication information is determined by the network device based on a receiving status of the first data, and sending, by the network device, the first indication information.