A data shunting method, comprising: acquiring, by a data shunting device, the number of to-be-transmitted shunted data packets which are cached in a shunting node device; and transmitting, by the data shunting device, shunted data to the shunting node device when the number of the to-be-transmitted shunted data packets is less than a first threshold value; wherein, the acquiring of the number of the to-be-transmitted shunted data packets which are cached in the shunting node device is characterized by comprising: receiving shunted data packet report information transmitted by a user equipment, wherein the shunted data packet report information comprises a shunting node identifier, and an identifier list of data packets received by the user equipment from the shunting node device or an identifier of a last data packet received by the user equipment from the shunting node device; and acquiring the number of the to-be-transmitted shunted data packets which are cached in the shunting node device according to data packet information which has been shunted to the shunting node device, and the identifier list of the data packets received by the user equipment from the shunting node device or the identifier of the last data packet received by the user equipment from the shunting node device. acquiring, by a data shunting device, the number of to-be-transmitted shunted data packets which are cached in a shunting node device; and transmitting, by the data shunting device, shunted data to the shunting node device when the number of the to-be-transmitted shunted data packets is less than a first threshold value; wherein, the acquiring of the number of the to-be-transmitted shunted data packets which are cached in the shunting node device is characterized by comprising: receiving shunted data packet report information transmitted by a user equipment, wherein the shunted data packet report information comprises a shunting node identifier, and an identifier list of data packets received by the user equipment from the shunting node device or an identifier of a last data packet received by the user equipment from the shunting node device; and acquiring the number of the to-be-transmitted shunted data packets which are cached in the shunting node device according to data packet information which has been shunted to the shunting node device, and the identifier list of the data packets received by the user equipment from the shunting node device or the identifier of the last data packet received by the user equipment from the shunting node device. receiving shunted data packet report information transmitted by a user equipment, wherein the shunted data packet report information comprises a shunting node identifier, and an identifier list of data packets received by the user equipment from the shunting node device or an identifier of a last data packet received by the user equipment from the shunting node device; and acquiring the number of the to-be-transmitted shunted data packets which are cached in the shunting node device according to data packet information which has been shunted to the shunting node device, and the identifier list of the data packets received by the user equipment from the shunting node device or the identifier of the last data packet received by the user equipment from the shunting node device.