A terminal access method compatible with intra-cell access and inter-cell handover, comprising: a terminal downloading (301, 401) from an Internet server and storing a network cloud chart containing cell related information, wherein the cell related information includes wireless air interface configuration parameters which are various common parameters configured by a cell for the terminal and include a cell broadcast message, and wherein the cell broadcast message includes a first uplink pilot frequency for intelligent access added in an extended or reserved field of the cell broadcast message; the terminal selecting a cell to be accessed; if the network cloud chart stored by the terminal includes the cell related information of the cell to be accessed and the cell related information is valid, the terminal sending (302, 402, 7021) the first uplink pilot frequency to the cell to be accessed to perform a random access procedure, and if the network cloud chart stored by the terminal does not include the cell related information of the cell to be accessed or the cell related information is invalid, the terminal sending (302, 402, 7021) a second uplink pilot frequency for non-intelligent access to the cell to be accessed to perform a random access procedure, wherein the second uplink pilot frequency is obtained from the cell broadcast message received by the terminal; and the terminal, if sending the first uplink pilot frequency, not performing (303, 403, 704) terminal common air interface configuration corresponding to the wireless air interface configuration parameters in the network cloud chart, and the terminal, if sending the second uplink pilot frequency, performing (303, 403, 704) the terminal common air interface configuration corresponding to the wireless air interface configuration parameters in the network cloud chart. a terminal downloading (301, 401) from an Internet server and storing a network cloud chart containing cell related information, wherein the cell related information includes wireless air interface configuration parameters which are various common parameters configured by a cell for the terminal and include a cell broadcast message, and wherein the cell broadcast message includes a first uplink pilot frequency for intelligent access added in an extended or reserved field of the cell broadcast message; the terminal selecting a cell to be accessed; if the network cloud chart stored by the terminal includes the cell related information of the cell to be accessed and the cell related information is valid, the terminal sending (302, 402, 7021) the first uplink pilot frequency to the cell to be accessed to perform a random access procedure, and if the network cloud chart stored by the terminal does not include the cell related information of the cell to be accessed or the cell related information is invalid, the terminal sending (302, 402, 7021) a second uplink pilot frequency for non-intelligent access to the cell to be accessed to perform a random access procedure, wherein the second uplink pilot frequency is obtained from the cell broadcast message received by the terminal; and the terminal, if sending the first uplink pilot frequency, not performing (303, 403, 704) terminal common air interface configuration corresponding to the wireless air interface configuration parameters in the network cloud chart, and the terminal, if sending the second uplink pilot frequency, performing (303, 403, 704) the terminal common air interface configuration corresponding to the wireless air interface configuration parameters in the network cloud chart.