Example methods and apparatus for indicating downlink service data are described. One example method includes sending, by a first station (STA), a request frame to a wireless access point (AP). The request frame includes listen interval information, the listen interval information includes duration of a first listen interval, and the first STA is equipped with main radio and a wake-up receiver. The first STA receives a response frame sent by the AP, where the response frame carries an identity allocated by the AP to the first STA, and the identity of the first STA comprises an identity of the wake-up receiver of the first STA. The first STA controls the wake-up receiver to wake up within the first listen interval, and receives a wake-up beacon frame periodically sent by the AP.