Method, apparatus, and system for joining a neighborhood aware network device cluster

摘要

The present invention discloses a method, device, and system for joining a neighbor awareness network device cluster. When a wireless device in a first neighbor awareness network device cluster discovers a second neighbor awareness network device cluster by means of scanning, if it is necessary to join the second neighbor awareness network device cluster, the wireless device leaves the first neighbor awareness network device cluster and joins the second neighbor awareness network device cluster. Because the wireless device does not belong to multiple neighbor awareness network device clusters at the same time, power consumption of the wireless device is low. Meanwhile, as time progresses, when all wireless devices in the first neighbor awareness network device cluster leave, and join the second neighbor awareness network device cluster, a discovery time window of the first neighbor awareness network device cluster on a working channel is no longer occupied, which increases available resources on the working channel.