<p>Disclosed are a resource scheduling method and a network element. The method includes the following steps: the radio access network (RAN) side acquiring identification information used for indicating a service requested by user equipment to be an online service via the user equipment or the core network; the RAN side determining that a radio access bearer established by the user equipment is used for the online service according to the identification information; and the RAN side conducting resource scheduling on the user equipment according to the attributes and features of the online service. The present invention solves the problem in the relevant art of excessive network side signalling overhead due to a large number of online service users, reducing the frequency of the network side updating the radio resource control (RRC) connection, and improving the stability of the system.</p>
