The present invention discloses a multimedia communication cooperative multicast transmission method in a cognitive radio network. The method comprises a first step that a main network sends parameter information to a cognitive relay; a second step that a maximum data bit amount of users in a multicast group is calculated; a third step that the main network determines whether the bit amount of a basic layer meets requirements, if not, a fourth step is carried out, if yes, a fifth step is carried out; the fourth step that the main network combines a cooperative transmission time proportion and a cooperative power that are determined finally, a main user uses a front alpha i part to transmit basic layer data, and a cognitive user uses the left (1-alpha i) part to transmit its own information; the fifth step that the main user uses a front alpha j part to transmit basic layer data, and the cognitive user uses left (1-alpha j) part to transmit its own information; and a sixth step that whether the frame is finished is determined, if not, the second step is carried out, if yes, transmission of the frame data is finished. Through adoption of the method, the system throughput of the main network can be improved effectively, the cognitive network transmission opportunities are increased, the transmission reliability and stability are high, and the method can be applied to a cognitive radio multimedia cooperative multicast system.