Patent ID: 8533781

Claim:
An access method applicable in a wireless personal area network, wherein, a coordinator broadcasts a beacon frame comprising a demand for authentication of and an authentication mode of a device, and wherein when the device accesses the wireless personal area network, the method comprises: determining from the beacon frame that the coordinator demands for authentication of the device, and when the coordinator demands for authentication of the device, executing; authenticating the device in the authentication mode comprised in the beacon frame; wherein the authentication mode is direct authentication or authentication based upon an authentication suite, wherein the authentication based upon an authentication suite comprises: determining the authentication mode comprised in the beacon frame is authentication based upon an authentication suite; acquiring by the device, from the beacon frame, authentication suites supported by the coordinator, selecting one of the authentication suites and then transmitting an authentication access request to the coordinator; and performing by the coordinator an authentication process with the device based upon the authentication suite selected by the device, upon reception of the authentication access request from the device; transmitting, after authentication is passed, by the coordinator to the device an authentication access response comprising an authenticated status of authenticating the device by the coordinator; associating the coordinator and the device and when the coordinator does not demand for authentication of the device, executing: associating the coordinator and the device.