APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RADIO INTERFACE SWITCHING

摘要

The disclosure relates to an RI switching apparatus and method thereof in a wireless communication network. The apparatus comprises a plurality of RI ports each connecting to a node of either a Radio Equipment Control (REC) or a Radio Equipment (RE). At least one REC and at least on RE are connected to the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a storage storing thereon a mapping relationship between one or more minimal processing and transmission units of at least one REC and one or more minimal processing and transmission units of at least one RE. When the apparatus receives data, a switcher in the apparatus switches the received data based on the mapping relationship. By appropriately configuring the mapping relationship, data transferred from an RE/REC may be switched to another REC/RE flexibly and the processing capabilities of RECs and REs can be fully used.