AP Response Method, AP Discovery Method, AP and Terminal

摘要

An access point (AP) response method including receiving, by an AP, a probe request message and allowing to a probe response message to be returned to the terminal when a roaming agreement is signed. According to this invention, only an AP instead of all APs on a network needs to return the probe response message to the terminal, a same network roaming agreement is signed between the network in which the AP is located and a network in which the terminal is located. Therefore, network resources are saved. In addition, it avoids that the terminal processes the probe response message returned by the AP for which the network roaming agreement is not signed, thereby reducing time for discovering the AP by the terminal, and increasing a network access speed of the terminal accordingly.