A method for receiving a Multicast Control Channel, MCCH, change notification, comprising: acquiring, by a User Equipment, UE, transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification transmitted by a base station; and characterized in that, receiving, by the UE, the MCCH change notification for at least N times at the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification if no MCCH change notification is received during an MCCH modification period, wherein N is a predetermined number of times that the MCCH change notification should be received, wherein the acquiring, by the UE, transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification transmitted by the base station comprises: acquiring, by the UE, a notification period and a notification allocation offset of the MCCH change notification; and acquiring, by the UE, the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification according to a System Frame Number, SFN, and the acquired notification period and notification allocation offset, wherein the acquiring the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification according to the SFN and the acquired notification period and notification allocation offset comprises: when a value of a length of the notification period is less than or equal to a value of a Maximum System Frame Number, MaxSFN, performing a modulo operation on a value of the SFN and the value of the length of the notification period and acquiring specified sub-frame positions of a system frame corresponding to the SFN as the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification when the result of the operation is equal to a value of the notification allocation offset, wherein the MaxSFN is a maximum number of a system frame, and the specified sub-frame positions are sub-frame positions at which the MCCH change notification is transmitted. acquiring, by a User Equipment, UE, transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification transmitted by a base station; and characterized in that, receiving, by the UE, the MCCH change notification for at least N times at the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification if no MCCH change notification is received during an MCCH modification period, wherein N is a predetermined number of times that the MCCH change notification should be received, acquiring, by the UE, a notification period and a notification allocation offset of the MCCH change notification; and acquiring, by the UE, the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification according to a System Frame Number, SFN, and the acquired notification period and notification allocation offset, wherein the acquiring the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification according to the SFN and the acquired notification period and notification allocation offset comprises: when a value of a length of the notification period is less than or equal to a value of a Maximum System Frame Number, MaxSFN, performing a modulo operation on a value of the SFN and the value of the length of the notification period and acquiring specified sub-frame positions of a system frame corresponding to the SFN as the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification when the result of the operation is equal to a value of the notification allocation offset, wherein the MaxSFN is a maximum number of a system frame, and the specified sub-frame positions are sub-frame positions at which the MCCH change notification is transmitted.