Fronthaul message processing based on type of transport layer, fronthaul interface, communication device and computer-readable storage medium

A fronthaul message processing apparatus, comprising:

• a type keyword determination module, configured to determine a type keyword of a fronthaul message according to a type of a transport layer for transmitting the fronthaul message;
• a message type determination module, configured to determine a type of the fronthaul message according to the type keyword;
• a position determination module, configured to determine a position of service data carried by the fronthaul message according to the type of the fronthaul message;
• and
• a service data processing module, configured to extract and process the service data according to the position of the service data,
• wherein in response to the type of the transport layer for transmitting the fronthaul message indicating that the transport layer is a MAC layer, the type keyword determination module is configured to determine an ETHtype field of the fronthaul message as the type keyword of the fronthaul message;
• in response to the type of the transport layer for transmitting the fronthaul message indicating that the transport layer is an IPV4 layer, the type keyword determination module is configured to determine a Protocol field of the fronthaul message as the type keyword of the fronthaul message.

A fronthaul message processing method, comprising:

• determining a type keyword of a fronthaul message according to a type of a transport layer for transmitting the fronthaul message;
• determining a type of the fronthaul message according to the type keyword;
• determining a position of service data carried by the fronthaul message according to the type of the fronthaul message;
• and
• extracting and processing the service data according to the position of the service data,
• wherein the determining a position of service data carried by the fronthaul message according to the type of the fronthaul message, comprises:
• determining a position of a category field, at each level, of the fronthaul message and a position of length field of the fronthaul message according to the type of the fronthaul message;
• extracting and determining information carried by the category field, at each level, of the fronthaul message and information carried by the length field of the fronthaul message according to the position of the category field, at each level, of the fronthaul message and the position of the length field of the fronthaul message;
• and
• determining the position of the service data according to the information carried by the category field, at each level, of the fronthaul message and the information carried by the length field of the fronthaul message.