Method and apparatus for transmission of multicast service

Abstract

Embodiments include a method and an apparatus for transmission of a multicast service, to perform activation or configuration update of a multicast service for a terminal device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, thereby meeting a requirement that the terminal device in the RRC inactive state receives the multicast service. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first indication information broadcast by a network device, the first indication information being used to indicate activation or configuration update of a first multicast service, and the terminal device being in an RRC inactive state; obtaining, by the terminal device, configuration information of the first multicast service based on the first indication information, and receiving data of the first multicast service based on the configuration information of the first multicast service.

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