Disclosed in the present disclosure are a method and device for transmitting a signal. The method comprises: sending and/or receiving, by a transmission point, a signal and/or data in a time unit; the time unit comprises: one or more regions of a first type used to send or receive a signal, and one or more regions of a second type used to send or receive data, and one or more regions of a third type in which no signals or data are sent or received.