Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of wireless communications, and particularly to a method and device for data transmission, which are used to solve the problem in the prior art that a retransmission mechanism of an LTE system can meet general requirements for delay and reliability of the LTE but cannot meet higher requirements for delay and reliability caused by the application of new services. The method in the embodiments of the present invention comprises: a receiving side receives data from a sending side through multiple paths, the received data of each path being identical; and the receiving side performs multi-path data combination on the received data. According to the embodiments of the present invention, data is transmitted between a sending side and a receiving side through multiple paths, and data transmitted through each path is identical, so that the purpose of retransmission for many times is achieved, different radio channels can be fully utilized for connection, and the reliability of data transmission can be ensured with low requirements for delay.