A method for transmitting a long term evolution, LTE, control channel, comprising: generating(101,201) at least one enhanced control channel element eCCE; and transmitting(102,203) the control channel through the at least one eCCE; wherein a process of generating each eCCE specifically comprises: determining four physical resource block, PRB, pairs for transmitting the control channel, wherein each PRB pair of the four PRB pairs includes 168 resource elements, REs, the each PRB pair includes 12 subcarriers in a frequency domain and 14 orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, symbols in a time domain, and 144 REs except the REs to which the demodulation reference signals, DMRSs, are mapped are divided into 16 enhanced resource element groups, eREGs, and each eREG includes 9 REs, and wherein the process of generating each eCCE is characterized in that: each RE has an information formation manner X(Y, Z), where X indicates a number of an eREG, Y indicates port number information, and Z indicates resource location information which is an integer 0, 1, 2 or 3, the REs included in a same eREG have the same port number information and resource location information, and different eREGs have different port number information and/or resource location information; the 144 REs are marked, using the X(Y, Z), cyclically by 1(A, 0), 2(B, 0), 3(C, 0), 4(D, 0), 5(A, 1), 6(B, 1), 7(C,1), 8(D,1), 9(A,2), 10(B,2), 11(C,2), 12(D,2), 13(A,3), 14(B, 3), 15(C,3) and 16(D,3) in an increasing order of first frequency then time; and selecting an eREG from the each of the four PRB pairs to form an eCCE, the selected eREGs have different port number information and resource location information. generating(101,201) at least one enhanced control channel element eCCE; and transmitting(102,203) the control channel through the at least one eCCE; wherein a process of generating each eCCE specifically comprises: determining four physical resource block, PRB, pairs for transmitting the control channel, wherein each PRB pair of the four PRB pairs includes 168 resource elements, REs, the each PRB pair includes 12 subcarriers in a frequency domain and 14 orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, symbols in a time domain, and 144 REs except the REs to which the demodulation reference signals, DMRSs, are mapped are divided into 16 enhanced resource element groups, eREGs, and each eREG includes 9 REs, and determining four physical resource block, PRB, pairs for transmitting the control channel, wherein each PRB pair of the four PRB pairs includes 168 resource elements, REs, the each PRB pair includes 12 subcarriers in a frequency domain and 14 orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, symbols in a time domain, and 144 REs except the REs to which the demodulation reference signals, DMRSs, are mapped are divided into 16 enhanced resource element groups, eREGs, and each eREG includes 9 REs, and wherein the process of generating each eCCE is characterized in that: each RE has an information formation manner X(Y, Z), where X indicates a number of an eREG, Y indicates port number information, and Z indicates resource location information which is an integer 0, 1, 2 or 3, the REs included in a same eREG have the same port number information and resource location information, and different eREGs have different port number information and/or resource location information; the 144 REs are marked, using the X(Y, Z), cyclically by 1(A, 0), 2(B, 0), 3(C, 0), 4(D, 0), 5(A, 1), 6(B, 1), 7(C,1), 8(D,1), 9(A,2), 10(B,2), 11(C,2), 12(D,2), 13(A,3), 14(B, 3), 15(C,3) and 16(D,3) in an increasing order of first frequency then time; and selecting an eREG from the each of the four PRB pairs to form an eCCE, the selected eREGs have different port number information and resource location information. each RE has an information formation manner X(Y, Z), where X indicates a number of an eREG, Y indicates port number information, and Z indicates resource location information which is an integer 0, 1, 2 or 3, the REs included in a same eREG have the same port number information and resource location information, and different eREGs have different port number information and/or resource location information; the 144 REs are marked, using the X(Y, Z), cyclically by 1(A, 0), 2(B, 0), 3(C, 0), 4(D, 0), 5(A, 1), 6(B, 1), 7(C,1), 8(D,1), 9(A,2), 10(B,2), 11(C,2), 12(D,2), 13(A,3), 14(B, 3), 15(C,3) and 16(D,3) in an increasing order of first frequency then time; and selecting an eREG from the each of the four PRB pairs to form an eCCE, the selected eREGs have different port number information and resource location information.