Embodiments of the present invention disclose a pseudo access method, a direct connection scheduling method for pseudo access, a station, and an access point, so as to improve channel use efficiency for communication between STAs in a dense scenario. The method in the embodiments of the present invention includes: after finding an AP supporting pseudo access, sending, by a STA, pseudo access information to the AP, and establishing a pseudo access association with the AP, so that a STA that is not an authorized user of the AP can perform pseudo access to the AP, and accept scheduling management by the AP.