Communication Method and Apparatus

Abstract

A communication apparatus comprises a first network element that receives a first message from a second network element, where the first message includes an identifier of a first multicast/broadcast service (MBS) and at least one of the following information: a trigger of the first message, a delivery method of the first MBS, or a usage report of a terminal joining the first MBS for the first MBS. The first network element updates charging information of the first MBS based on the first message. The communication apparatus can implement a multicast service or a broadcast service.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.