The embodiment of the present invention relates to an idle scheduling method and a home network node, wherein the method includes: a domain master node performing an idle scheduling on intra-domain ordinary nodes according to an idle scheduling policy; when the domain master node determines that all the intra-domain ordinary nodes are in a energy-saving mode according to the idle scheduling information of all the intra-domain ordinary nodes, the domain master node entering into the energy-saving mode, and when all the intra-domain ordinary nodes are in an idle state, the domain master node being in the idle state.