MEF Publishes Carrier Ethernet Service Assurance White Papers, Underpinning Third Network Services
MEF Appoints New Board of Directors For 2016-2017 Fiscal Year
MEF Publishes Carrier Ethernet And NFV White Paper To Advance Third Network Services Use Cases
Cisco & Amartus Co-Lead MEF OpenCS Packet WAN Use Case
MEF’s Euro16 LSO Hackathon Advances Lifecycle Service Orchestration For Inter-Carrier Ordering & Provisioning
TECHNICAL SPECS
The MEF Technical & Operations Committee has published 55 technical specifications and implementation agreements to effect standardization, interoperability and accelerate...
WORK IN PROGRESS
The MEF has more than 30 ongoing projects & new initiatives to enable new services that provide an on-demand, orchestrated, assured, secured, and cloud-connected experience...
WHATS HOT!
We spotlight new, hot items of interest related to Third Network Services, Lifecycle Services Orchestration (LSO), and work taking place on Open Initiatives.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
The MEF's Professional Certification program identifies the industry's leading professionals and showcases expertise and excellence in technological knowledge and ...
SERVICES CERTIFICATION
The MEF Services Certification Program enables service providers to certify that their Carrier Ethernet services comply with the highest industry standards
EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATION
The MEF Equipment Certification Program enables network equipment manufacturers to certify that their Carrier Ethernet products comply with the relevant MEF specifications...
WEBINARS
MEF is pleased to introduce its new Innovations Webinar Series. Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) provides a framework for the development, delivery, and ...
SEMINARS
Launched in 2014, the MEF Seminar program for 2016 focuses on Building Dynamic Third Network Services Powered By CE 2.0, LSO, SDN & NFV ...
MEF16
The MEF is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the MEF16 global networking event during 7-10 November 2016 at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel...
Building Dynamic Third Network Services Powered By CE 2.0, LSO, SDN & NFV
The MEF Seminars 2016: Building Dynamic Third Network Services Powered By CE 2.0, LSO, SDN & NFV are regional micro-events that brings leading subject matter experts to locations around the globe to educate participants on industry trends and developments. Emphasis is on the preparation that service providers should consider to establish a solid CE 2.0 platform in support of new value-added innovations.
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Oracle Open World
Oracle Open World is an annual Oracle convention for business decision-makers, IT management, and line-of-business end users. On September 21, MEF will participate at main conference with a 45 minute session centered on the Oracle TM-Forum/MEF16 PoC. For more information visit: https://www.oracle.com/openworld/index.html
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Webinar Replay: Business Benefits of Becoming a MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional
You've heard about the MEF's Carrier Ethernet Certification Program, but you're not certain you understand all the benefits from a business perspective? Get ready to be amazed. The programs value surpasses our own projections, so click to view more details about this upcoming webinar and plan to attend. Click here for the replay of this interesting webinar.
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Specifications published by MEF are intended for general distribution to the public and may be downloaded from this site and reproduced without charge.
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OVC Services Definitions
This document specifies Operator Virtual Connection (OVC) Services based mainly on the service attributes defined in MEF 26.1; there are also some service attributes defined in this document that go beyond MEF 26.1.
Ethernet Interconnection Point (EIP): An ENNI Implementation Agreement
This document is intended to act as an Implementation Agreement for any Operator interested in connecting their Carrier Ethernet network to another Operator using an Ethernet ENNI.
Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO): Reference Architecture and Framework
LSO is an agile approach to streamlining and automating the service lifecycle in a sustainable fashion for coordinated management and control across all network domains responsible for delivering an end-to-end Connectivity Service (e.g., Carrier Ethernet, IP VPN, MPLS, etc.). This document describes a Reference Architecture and Framework for orchestrating the service lifecycle.