Apparatus and method for point-to-point emulation in broadband wireless communication system

A point-to-point emulation apparatus in a broadband wireless communication system and a method thereof are provided to set a communication path by transmitting the traffic to a target destination based on a point-to-point emulation function in a base station. A point-to-point emulation apparatus in a broadband wireless communication system includes an MAC(Medium Access Control) layer unit(310), and a PTPE(Point-To-Point Emulation) layer unit(320). The MAC layer unit(310) extracts an MAC PDU(Packet Data Unit) from uplink data received from a physical layer. The MAC layer unit(310) transmits the extracted MAC PDU to the PTPE layer unit(320). The MAC layer unit(310) generates a frame from the MAC PDU of the PTPE layer unit(320), and transmits the generated frame to the physical layer. The PTPE layer unit(320) changes a header and transmits the changed header to the MAC layer unit(310) so that the MAC PDU is transmitted to a termination terminal if a communication between terminals registered in the same base station is performed by checking the termination terminal of the MAC PDU of the MAC layer unit(310).