Device access method, access point and access device

1. A device access method, wherein the method comprises:

generating, by an access point, a broadcast frame, wherein the broadcast frame comprises a feature identifier of an access device paged by the access point and includes a length (L) of a contention service period, and

sending, by the access point, the broadcast frame to the access device, to enable the access device in the broadcast frame to access the access point within the contention service period;

wherein the length (L) of the contention service period is linearly proportional to a product of a timeslot (tslot) for the access device to connect through a contention and a value (N) of a greatest number of backoff windows;

wherein the contention service period is used to enable the access device which corresponds to a unique equipment identifier in the broadcast frame to access the access point by means of through contention in the contention service period;

wherein a maximum time duration of the backoff windows equals N*tslot where the value N equals −1 and the length (L) of the contention service period equals b*N*tslot; wherein n denotes a quantity of access devices that are paged by the access point and comprised in the broadcast frame; a is a constant greater than 1; b is a constant greater than 1; and denotes rounding down.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the feature identifier identifies the access device paged by the access point and comprises a unique equipment identifier of the access device, and before the generating the broadcast frame, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the access point, the unique equipment identifier of the access device paged by the access point.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the obtaining the unique equipment identifier of the access device comprises:

receiving, by the access point from a service server, the unique equipment identifier of the access device covered by the access point.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the broadcast frame further comprises information about a contention free service period of the access device, to enable the access device to access-the access point within the contention free service period of the access device.

5. A device access method, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a first access device, a broadcast frame sent by an access point, wherein the broadcast frame comprises a feature identifier of an access device paged by the access point and includes a length (L) of a contention service period;

determining, by the first access device according to its own feature identifier and the feature identifier of the access device in the broadcast frame, whether the first access device is the access device paged by the access point; and

accessing, by the first access device, the access point within the contention service period when a determining result is yes;

wherein the length (L) of the contention service period is linearly proportional to a product of a timeslot (tslot) for the access device to connect through a contention and a value (N) of a greatest number of backoff windows;

wherein the accessing, by the first access device, the access point comprises accessing, by the access device through contention, the access point within the contention service period;

wherein a maximum time duration of the backoff windows equals N*tslot where the value N equals −1 and the length (L) of the contention service period equals b*N*tslot; wherein n denotes a quantity of access devices that are paged by the access point and comprised in the broadcast frame; a is a constant greater than 1; b is a constant greater than 1; and denotes rounding down.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the broadcast frame further comprises information about a contention free service period of the access device, and the accessing, by the first access device, the access point comprises:

accessing, by the first access device, the access point within the contention free service period of the access device.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the feature identifier of the access device comprises a unique equipment identifier of the access device, the broadcast frame comprises a list of access devices, the list of access devices comprises the unique equipment identifier of the access device, the information about the contention free service period comprises a start time of the contention free service period and a time length for accessing the access point in a contention-free manner, and the accessing, by the first access device, the access point within the contention free service period of the access device comprises:

determining, by the first access device, the contention free service period of the access device according to the start time of the contention free service period, the time length for accessing the access point in a contention-free manner, and a position of the unique equipment identifier of the access device in the list of access devices; and

accessing, by the access device, the access point within the contention free service period of the access device.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein before the receiving, by the first access device, the broadcast frame sent by the access point, the method further comprises:

performing, by the first access device, passive scanning to discover the access point, and waiting for the discovered access point to send the broadcast frame.

9. An access point, wherein the access point comprises a processor and a non-transitory processor-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, the processor-executable instructions including a plurality of units, the units including:

a frame generating unit, configured to generate a broadcast frame, wherein the broadcast frame comprises a feature identifier of an access device paged by the access point and includes a length (L) of a contention service period, and

a frame broadcasting unit, configured to send the broadcast fame to the access device, to enable the access device in the broadcast frame to access the access point within the contention service period;

wherein the length (L) of the contention service period is linearly proportional to a product of a timeslot (tslot) for the access device to connect through a contention and a value (N) of a greatest number of backoff windows;

wherein the broadcast frame further comprises information about a contention service period, to enable the access device that receives the broadcast frame and corresponds to a unique equipment identifier in the broadcast frame to access the access point through contention in the contention service period;

wherein a maximum time duration of the backoff windows equals N*tslot where the value N equals −1 and the length (L) of the contention service period equals b*N*tslot; wherein n denotes a quantity of access devices that are paged by the access point and comprised in the broadcast frame; a is a constant greater than 1; b is a constant greater than 1; and denotes rounding down.

10. The access point according to claim 9 , wherein the access point further comprises:

an identifier obtaining unit, configured to obtain the feature identifier of the access device, wherein the feature identifier identifies the access device paged by the access point and comprises a unique equipment identifier of the access device paged by the access point.

11. The access point according to claim 10 , wherein the broadcast frame further comprises information about a contention free service period of the access device, to enable the access device paged by the access point to access the access point within the contention free service period of the access device.

12. An access device, wherein the access device comprises a processor and a non-transitory processor-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, the processor-executable instructions including a plurality of units, the units including:

a frame receiving unit, configured to receive a broadcast frame sent by an access point, wherein the broadcast frame comprises a feature identifier of an access device paged by the access point and includes a length (L) of a contention service period;

a determining unit, configured to determine, according to its own feature identifier and the feature identifier of the access device in the broadcast frame, whether the access device is the device paged by the access point; and

an access unit, configured to access the access point within the contention service period when a determining result is yes;

wherein the length (L) of the contention service period is linearly proportional to a product of a timeslot (tslot) for the access device to connect through a contention and a value (N) of a greatest number of backoff windows;

wherein the access unit is further configured to access the access point through contention in the contention service period;

wherein a maximum time duration of the backoff windows equals N*tslot where the value N equals −1 and the length (L) of the contention service period equals b*N*tslot; wherein n denotes a quantity of access devices that are paged by the access point and comprised in the broadcast frame; a is a constant greater than 1; b is a constant greater than 1; and denotes rounding down.

13. The access device according to claim 12 , wherein the broadcast frame further comprises information about a contention free service period of the access device, and the access unit is further configured to access the access point within the contention free service period of the access device.

14. The access device according to claim 13 , wherein the feature identifier of the access device comprises a unique equipment identifier of the access device paged by the access point, the broadcast frame comprises a list of access devices, the list of access devices comprises the unique equipment identifier of the access device paged by the access point, the information about the contention free service period comprises a start time of the contention free service period and a time length for accessing the access point by the access device in a contention-free manner, and the access unit comprises:

an access period determining subunit, configured to determine the contention free service period of the access device according to the start time of the contention free service period, the time length for accessing, in the contention-free manner, the access point by the access device paged by the access point, and a position of the unique equipment identifier of the access device in the list of access devices in the broadcast frame; and

an access subunit, configured to access the access point within the contention free service period of the access device.

15. The access device according to claim 12 , wherein the access device further comprises a scanning unit,

wherein before the frame receiving unit receives the broadcast frame sent by the access point, the scanning unit is configured to perform passive scanning to discover the access point, and wait for the discovered access point to send the broadcast frame.