Provided are a communication method and a communication apparatus for a wireless local area network, and an access point and a station. The communication method for a wireless local area network comprises: receiving a communication frame, and sensing a receiving power of the communication frame via a CS/CCA state machine, wherein a CS/CCA state machine for sensing a wake up frame and a CS/CCA state machine for sensing a non-wake up frame are physically separated or logically separated; and determining, according to the receiving power of the communication frame, the type of the communication frame. In the technical solution of the present invention, a device can respectively sense a wake up frame and a normal data frame via different CS/CCA state machines physically separated or logically separated, fulfilling the requirements of a WUR, and thereby facilitating the reduction of device energy consumption.
