Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a system for transmitting a data packet, a sending end device and a receiving end device. The method includes: determining quality of service requirement information of service data according to content or type of the service data; carrying the quality of service requirement information in a data packet corresponding to the service data; and sending the data packet carrying the quality of service requirement information to a receiving end, so as for the receiving end to perform scheduling processing on the data packet according to the quality of service requirement information. By adopting the technical solution of the embodiments of the present invention, a received data packet is scheduled according to the quality of service requirement information, thereby effectively improving the processing efficiency of the data packet.