METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEVICE CONNECTION ON BASIS OF NEIGHBORHOOD AWARE NETWORK

This application relates to the field of wireless network technologies, and specifically, to a neighborhood aware network-based device connection method and a device. The method includes: receiving a first broadcast message from a second device; receiving a second broadcast message from a third device; determining that the second device is a target device; when a quantity of available Wi-Fi connections of the second device is not greater than zero, and the second device is not a device to which the first device is connected through Wi-Fi, determining, based on connected device information in the second broadcast message and available Wi-Fi connection information in a third broadcast message, that the third device belongs to a device to which the second device is connected through Wi-Fi and that a quantity of available Wi-Fi connections is greater than zero; establishing a Wi-Fi link between the first device and the third device; and sending, to the third device, a first packet whose destination is the second device, so that the third device forwards the first packet to the second device through a Wi-Fi link between the third device and the second device. In this aspect, a multi-hop connection to the target device can be quickly established when the target device cannot be directly connected through Wi-Fi.