Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of data transmission, and provide a data transmission method, a communications device, a terminal, and a base station. In at least one embodiment, different configuration parameters are configured for data packets having different importance, so that an important data packet is ensured at a high priority. In at least one embodiment, a communications device is configured to determine an attribute of a data packet to be transmitted, where the attribute of the data packet is used to indicate importance of the data packet. The communications device is configured to transmit the data packet by using a configuration parameter corresponding to the attribute of the data packet.