Patent ID: 8599714

Claim:
A method for performing local switching, comprising: after receiving uplink data sent by a sending Mobile Station (MS), querying and determining, according to information carried in the uplink data, information about location of a receiving MS that is to receive uplink data; and implementing, according to local switching rules, local switching for data to be transmitted between the sending MS and the receiving MS, if determined, according to the information about location of the receiving MS and information about location of the sending MS, that the data to be transmitted between the sending MS and the receiving MS meets local switching of data conditions for performing locally switched data transmission, the local switching rules comprise local switching control mode and local switching subscription information, the local switching control mode specifies whether to perform local switching, or a local switching control pattern, the local switching control pattern comprise a centralized control mode or a distributed control mode, wherein one entity makes a local switching decision in the centralized control mode, and multiple entities make the local switching decision in the distributed control mode, and the local switching subscription information specifies rules subscribed to by a user for performing local switching.