A method for transmitting data, includes: in response to detecting uplink data to be transmitted to a base station, saving the uplink data in a designated buffer; in response to starting Radio Access Network Location Area Update (RLAU), reading the uplink data in the designated buffer; and transmitting the uplink data to the base station through request signaling corresponding to the RLAU, such that the base station acquires the uplink data in the request signaling.