Patent attributes
Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication establishment method. The method includes: receiving, by a first terminal, a first broadcast message of a first wireless communications mode sent by a second terminal, where the first broadcast message carries a second wireless communications mode supported by the second terminal and a status and/or supported protocol information of the second wireless communications mode; and determining, by the first terminal based on the second wireless communications mode supported by the second terminal and the status and/or the supported protocol information of the second wireless communications mode, whether to connect to the second terminal.