A method of acquiring information of a point-to-multipoint (p-t-m)
Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) service for a receiving
terminal in a wireless communications system includes performing an MBMS
Control Channel (MCCH) acquisition procedure when the receiving terminal
releases a resource used for receiving the p-t-m MBMS service, or
performing an MBMS Control Channel (MCCH) acquisition procedure when a
state of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) entity of the receiving terminal
changes.