Repeater device, wireless communication system, and method for ultra-low latency data frame routing using labelling

Abstract

A repeater device or switch node in a wireless communication system includes a donor antenna that obtains a first beam of RF signals from an upstream neighboring node. The repeater device further includes a switch circuit that detects a label in a preamble of each data frame of a plurality of data frames carried by the first beam of RF signals, independent of decoding header information and user data in each data frame. The plurality of data frames is then switched, via an RF switching fabric, based on the detected label in each data frame, such that each data frame is routed to a corresponding service phased antenna array of a plurality of service phased antenna arrays.