The present application discloses a backoff method and apparatus in a transmission process, a device, a system, and a storage medium, which relate to the field of communication technology. The method includes: a transmitting device performing LBT in an unlicensed frequency band; the transmitting device transmitting an RTS to a receiving device when the LBT has been successfully performed, the RTS including a first backoff time period; the transmitting device transmitting, after having received a CTS transmitted by the receiving device, a C-CTS to the receiving device, the C-CTS including a second backoff time period.