Method and apparatus for scheduling stations

An access point comprising:

• a processor;
• a transceiver that is coupled to the processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for execution by the processor, the program including instructions to:
• cause the transceiver to receive identification information of a neighbor station of a target station reported by the target station;
• cause the processor to establish a correspondence relation between the target station and the neighbor station to allow the target station to treat each station except the neighbor station among the stations included in the basic service set as a latent hidden station of the target station based on the correspondence relation;
• and
• cause the processor to schedule, based on a transmission strategy currently used by the target station, a scheduled station corresponding to the transmission strategy to perform data transmission with the target station in a target mode, wherein the scheduled station corresponding to the transmission strategy is the station corresponding to the transmission strategy in a mapping relation between the transmission strategy and the station, the station comprises the neighbor station and the latent hidden station, and the target mode is a data transmission mode corresponding to the transmission strategy.

A target station comprising:

• a processor;
• a transceiver that is coupled to the processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for execution by the processor, the program including instructions to:
• cause the processor to sense a signal sent by a station in a target region, and treat the station from which the signal is able to be sensed and be demodulated correctly as a neighbor station;
• and
• cause the transceiver to send identification information of the neighbor station to an access point to allow the access point to treat each station except the neighbor station among stations included in a basic service set as a latent hidden station of the target station based on pre-acquired information of the basic service set to which the target station belongs and the identification information, and to allow the access point to schedule, based on a transmission strategy currently used by the target station, a scheduled station corresponding to the transmission strategy to perform data transmission with the target station in a target mode, wherein the scheduled station corresponding to the transmission strategy is the station corresponding to the transmission strategy in a mapping relation between the transmission strategy and the station, the station comprises the neighbor station or the latent hidden station, and the target mode is a data transmission mode corresponding to the transmission strategy.