Patent ID: 7680515

Claim:
A service mode switching method in a dual-mode reconfigurable base station system (RBSS) based on a software communication architecture (SCA), the method comprising: a) driving a common component file (CCF) from a reconfigurable base station manager (RBSM) through an ethernet connection to the RBSS such that the CCF is installed only once into the RBSS, wherein the CCF comprises a common portion of first and second service mode software (1 st SMS and 2 nd SMS, respectively); b) operating the RBSS in a first mode by using the once installed CCF and by downloading and using a non-common portion of the 1 st SMS, which is non-common with the 2 nd SMS, in the RBSS from the RBSM through the ethernet connection when the first mode is initiated by a first mode applied request; c) stopping the RBSS operating in the first mode when a second mode applied request initiates the RBSS in a second mode; and d) driving and operating the RBSS in the second mode by using the once installed CCF and by downloading and using a non-common portion of the 2 nd SMS, which is non-common with the 1 st SMS, into the RBSS from the RBSM through the ethernet connection when the second mode is initiated by a second mode request.