METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF WIFI ACCESS POINT, AND WIFI ACCESS POINT

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of communications. Provided are a method for reducing power consumption of a WIFI access point and the WIFI access point, so a as to reduce the power consumption of the WIFI access point. The method comprises: a WIFI access point executing a first power consumption mode in a current Beacon frame period in which a Beacon frame is sent; starting a first timer of the first power consumption mode; determining whether an access request is received in the set time of the first timer, and determining whether the WIFI access point enters a next Beacon frame period; and when it is determined that the access request is not received and the WIFI access point does not enter the next Beacon frame period, executing a second power consumption mode after the first timer times out, power consumption of the second power consumption mode being lower than that of the first power consumption mode.