The invention provides a
polling method for a point-to-multipoint communication
system. The method comprises the following steps of: dividing a plurality pieces of controlled point equipment in the communication
system into n priorities, wherein each priority comprises at least one piece of controlled point equipment;
polling the controlled point equipment from the first cycle to the nth cycle and adjusting the priority of the controlled point equipment according to a
polling result of the controlled point equipment, and in the ith cycle, polling the controlled point equipment in each priority according to a sequence of the ith priority, the (i-1)th priority, ..., the first priority in turn, wherein i belongs to [1,n]; and if the controlled point equipment is successfully polled, improving the priority of the controlled point equipment through a central
control point, and if the controlled point equipment is failed to be polled, reducing the priority of the controlled point equipment through the central
control point. The method can improve the effective
throughput of the point-to-multipoint communication
system, reduces point-to-multipoint unnecessary management messages, improves the system efficiency and improves the user experience.