The present disclosure discloses a data scheduling method, including: obtaining, by a base station, capability information of user equipment (UE), where a moment of obtaining the capability information of the UE is prior to that of receiving, by the base station, radio resource control (RRC) connection setup complete signaling that is sent by the UE to the base station; and allocating, by the base station, a data scheduling resource to the UE according to the capability information of the UE. By using embodiments of the present disclosure, resource utilization can be increased.