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This paper explains Smart Bilaterals and their importance in streamlining billing and settlement between service providers buying from, and selling to, one another.

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This document defines UML classes, data types and enumerations for representing Layer 1 Services.

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This document specifies Service Activation Testing (SAT) of IP Service Attributes as defined in MEF 61.1.

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The MEF Services Model (MSM) Carrier Ethernet is a service model intended to support management of Ethernet services.

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This amendment addresses two major issues that have been identified in MEF 79. The first is to clarify that the Buyer may provide a list of Products for each Product Relationship in the Create POQ Request. The second issue involves the way that relationships are described among POQ Items and between POQ Items and Products.

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MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Services & SASE – Frequently Asked Questions

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This specification identifies the common Order Use Cases and attributes needed to support inter- carrier Order management. It supports the requirements defined in the MEF Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) Reference Architecture and Framework (MEF 55, “LSO RA”) requirements for Order Management over the Sonata interface (Service Provider <-> Partner interactions). Requirements and Use Cases contained within this specification will be utilized by both Buyer and Seller order systems for the development of APIs.

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There are several areas within Address Validation that are incorrect or unclear in MEF 79. The purpose of this amendment is to correct areas that are incorrect and clarify the areas that are unclear. MEF 79 does not currently define address validation for Geographic Point. This amendment adds requirements to support Address Validation for Geographic Point and Geographic Address Identifier. To provide needed clarification, an appendix containing examples of different situations and how Address Validation is performed in those situations will be added. In addition, a more complete explanation of the Address Validation and Site Retrieval processes is added to the document.

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This specification identifies the common Quote Use Cases and attributes needed to support intercarrier Quote management.

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This document specifies the Policy Criteria needed to add Application Security to SD-WAN Services. As such, it is based on the framework specified in MEF 70.1.

Specifically, security functions and related actions are defined, each of which can be applied per Application Flow. These security functions include:

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The SD-WAN Service Attributes and Service Framework Standard defines the externally visible behavior of SD-WAN Services. A Service deployment is based on an agreement between an SD-WAN Subscriber (the buyer) and an SD-WAN Service Provider (the seller) that includes agreement on the values of a set of SD-WAN Service Attributes defined in this document.

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MEF LSO Legato SDK core includes API definitions for the following functional areas:
• Service Catalog
• Service Ordering
• Service Inventory
• Service Notification

In addition to the Service Provisioning APIs, the SDK includes the following MEF Service Specification schemas:
• SD-WAN Services
• Carrier Ethernet Services
• L1 Connectivity Services

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This SDK release aligns the API schemas and definitions for Serviceability (Address Validation, Site Queries, Product Offering Qualification) and Product Inventory to the latest versions of MEF 79 and MEF 81 Draft Standards.

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This standard amends MEF 41 to describe how differences in sequences of Token Requests can affect the application of parameters in the Generic Token Bucket Algorithm, and how this affects the overall rate of tokens shared among Ranks and hence the overall rate of Token Requests declared Green (or Yellow) at each Rank.

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This document specifies Service Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (SOAM) of IP Services described using the IP Service Attributes as defined in MEF 61.1. This covers both Fault Management (FM) and Performance Monitoring (PM) of IP services.

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This specification defines the MEF Core Information Model (MCM), which is an information model describing the base set of object definitions and relationships supporting the concepts de-fined in the MEF Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) Reference Architecture (RA)

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The MEF Services Model (MSM) is an information model representation of the constructs used to define MEF services (e.g., Carrier Ethernet, IP, Layer 1 and SD-WAN service).

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This Standard specifies Network Slicing in the context of MEF Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) and MEF Services.

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The MEF SD-WAN Certification Test Requirements document specifies the testable requirements for the service attributes, functions and capabilities defined in the MEF SD-WAN Attributes and Service Standard (MEF 70).

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This White Paper is aimed at both enterprises that are increasingly depending on digital services serving users in increasing numbers, types and locations, as well as the service providers that want to offer them security for those digital services.

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Relationship between the work of MEF and 5G technologies

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MEF LSO Sonata APIs – Frequently Asked Questions

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This document is aimed at Information and Communications Technology Service Providers (ICT-SPs) that are experiencing challenges scaling adoption of NFV in their WAN infrastructure.

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This amendment specifies changes to the baseline document MEF 22.3 to include the requirements for Ethernet Services that can be used as transport for 5G mobile networks. The services and requirements in this document are based on the Services defined in MEF 6.2 as well as the Service Attributes defined in MEF 10.3.

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This White Paper introduces the concept of 5G mobile access network sharing and use cases for providing multiple mobile access network services over a common underlying fronthaul and backhaul infrastructure.

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This White Paper is aimed at Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and their VNF vendors who are currently challenged with introducing large numbers of VNFs into the Service Provider’s environment due to high overhead involved in agreeing and managing VNF licenses.

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This document focuses on the business case for service providers to certify MEF 3.0 CE services

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MEF is the first industry body to publish standards for Optical Transport services and their orchestration.

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This White Paper is aimed at service providers that have made a decision to create a standardized zero-touch/automated inter-provider commercial and business interface based on MEF’s extensive LSO Sonata APIs and underlying standards.

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This document specifies the requirements and test methodologies for Service Activation Testing (SAT) of MEF defined E-Line, Access E-Line and Transit E-Line services.

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The Service Attributes of an Operator Layer 1 Service observable at a Layer 1 User Network Interface and a Layer 1 External Network Network Interface are defined.

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This MEF Standard specifies a Simplified Transit E-Line (STEL) Service that constrains selected values of the ENNI Common Attributes, ENNI Service Attributes and Operator Ethernet Service Attributes specified in MEF 26.2 to simplify ordering and provisioning for a common case of Transit E-Line Services defined in MEF 51.1.

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This amendment addresses seven known issues with MEF 81.

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This paper is aimed at those decision makers within ICT-SPs (Information and Communications Technologies Service Providers including traditional telcos, MSOs, MNOs, cloud operators and other entities involved in wholesale supply of data services) and their wholesale data services partners that are discussing adoption of standardized and automated inter-provider business interfaces.

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MEF 3.0 services redefine innovation by providing an on-demand, cloud-centric experience with unprecedented user- and application-directed control over network resources and service capabilities.

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This White Paper is intended for SD-WAN Service Providers and their enterprise customers who want to understand what a standardized, managed SD-WAN service is and the benefits it brings to the industry.

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SD-WAN benefits end customers by enhancing their applications network traffic. The appetite to combine application protection with network efficiency is high. Hence, MEF is focused on defining the first standard description of a security service. Security done wrong actually could negate SD-WAN benefits in speed and availability.

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MEF’s initial Intent-Based Networking (IBN) work aims to enable an SD-WAN service subscriber to set intent-related performance and security objectives and have those be translated into granular technical policies at the network level.

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Addressing the skills gap challenge is tantamount to successfully navigating the industry's digital transformation. MEF's SD-WAN Certified Professional designation validates the knowledge required to design, engineer, operate and solution MEF managed SD-WAN services.

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MEF’s LSO Reference Architecture guides agile development of standardized LSO APIs that enable end-to-end automation of MEF 3.0 services across multiple providers and over multiple network technology domains (e.g., Optical Transport, CE, IP, 5G, etc.).

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LSO Sonata is the corner-stone effort of inter-provider service automation, enabling service provider partners to use automation to manage their service-oriented business functions, from serviceability to order. Initial service automation is focused on MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet services, delivering increased business velocity for the service provider and its enterprise customers.

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MEF's intra-domain service and network orchestration is addressed by the North-South APIs, including LSO Presto, LSO Legato and LSO Adagio. Here the key elements of LSO Presto and LSO Legato which interface from the business layer through to the domain controller layer of service provider's domain are detailed.

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Following a brief introduction on 5G, the presentation covers the following main topics (beginning at 6:03): Transport for 5G, Orchestrating 5G services, 5G network slices, MEF Services over 5G network slices

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MEF 3.0 CE is the third generation of MEF-defined Carrier Ethernet services providing the highest level of performance, assurance, and agility available in the nearly $60 billion global CE services market.

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MEF's Carrier Ethernet certification has enabled the accelerated adoption and growth behind the $60 Billion dollar Carrier Ethernet services market by ensuring the delivered services and technology comply with the industry best-practices inherent in MEF's Carrier Ethernet standards.

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In May 2019, MEF published its IP Service Attributes (MEF 61.1) standard that is a foundational step for defining standardized MEF 3.0 IP services that can be orchestrated across multiple service providers.

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MEF LSO Sonata Certification will enable the verification and resulting business velocity to inter-provider service automation by establishing and validating adherence to the LSO Sonata API standards.

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In 2018, MEF published its first Optical Transport services standard (MEF 63) for subscriber services that support Ethernet and Fibre Channel client protocols as well as SONET/SDH client protocols for legacy WAN services.

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In July 2019, MEF published the industry’s first global standard defining an SD-WAN service and its service attributes to help accelerate SD-WAN market growth and facilitate creation of powerful new hybrid networking solutions that are optimized for digital transformation.

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MEF's SD-WAN Certification serves to accelerate market adoption of managed SD-WAN services by validating compliance with industry-designed and delivered standards for delivering managed SD-WAN as well as the underlying technology.

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MEF’s service, technology, and professional certification programs are designed to accelerate availability and adoption of MEF 3.0 solutions and help ensure competitiveness now and in the future. MEF 3.0 certification enables service and technology providers to validate that their solutions comply with the highest industry standards for performance, assurance, and agility.

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Definitions for Subscriber Ethernet Service Types and Subscriber Ethernet Services. Subscriber Ethernet Service Types are used to create Point-to-Point, Multipoint-to-Multipoint, and Rooted-Multipoint Ethernet Services that are either Port or VLAN based.

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This document defines two Subscriber IP Services, Basic Internet Access and Advanced Internet Access, using constraints on certain Service Attributes and parameters as specified in MEF 61.1, “IP Service Attributes”.

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This document identifies the common attributes and processes needed to support Address, Service Site and Product Offering Qualification (POQ) operations across the Sonata Management Interface Reference Point (IRP).

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This document identifies the common Product Inventory attributes and processes needed to support inter-carrier retrieval of Product Inventory. This document supports the requirements defined in the MEF Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) Reference Architecture and Framework (MEF 55) requirements for Inventory over the Sonata interface (Service Provider <-> Partner interactions).

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This specification describes the MEF Network Resource Management Information Model (NRM IM), specifically for Carrier Ethernet Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) related management features.

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This Interface Profile Specification specifies Presto Management Interface for SOAM (Service Operations, Administration and Maintenance) in support of performance and fault management of MEF Network Resource Provisioning (NRP) activated resources.

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LSO Presto SDK is the complete set of deliverables developed by the MEF 3.0 Community in order to: Enable market adoption of LSO Presto APIs in the current release of LSO Presto SDK. Support of development of additional features for the upcoming release of LSO Presto SDK.

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The SD-WAN Service Attributes and Services Standard defines the externally-visible behavior of SD-WAN Services. The Service description is based on an agreement between an SD-WAN Subscriber (the buyer) and an SD-WAN Service Provider (the seller) that includes agreement on the values of a set of SD-WAN Service Attributes defined in this document.

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This document specifies the Service Attributes that need to be agreed between a Service Provider and a Subscriber for IP Services, including IP VPNs, cloud access and Internet access. It further specifies the Service Attributes that need to be agreed between a Service Provider and an Operator when part of an end-to-end IP Service needs to be implemented by a partner Operator.

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This specification describes the MEF Network Resource Management Information Model (NRM IM), specifically for Layer 1 Connectivity related management features.

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This document describes Service Attributes for Subscriber Ethernet Services provided to an Ethernet Subscriber by an Ethernet Service Provider. The Service Attributes describe behaviors observable at an Ethernet User Network Interface and from Ethernet User Network Interface to Ethernet User Network Interface.

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This document specifies the Service Attributes and requirements for handling Layer 2 Control Protocol (L2CP) Frames for Ethernet Services and replaces MEF 45.

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This document specifies Operator Ethernet Services based on the Service Attributes defined in MEF 26.2. The key service constructs are the Operator Virtual Connection (OVC) and the OVC End Points at the External Interfaces (EIs) – the External Network Network Interface (ENNI) and the User Network Interface (UNI)

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This document represents the cumulative work between MEF and ATIS Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) to identify the common ordering attributes and processes needed to support inter-carrier Product Ordering of Ethernet Services worldwide.

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This document specifies the Commercial Affecting Attributes that need to be agreed between a Service Provider and a Subscriber and between a Service Provider and a Partner for Commercial activity related to MEF Defined Services.

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The attributes of a Subscriber Layer 1 Service observable at a Layer 1 User Network Interface (L1 UNI) and from a L1 UNI to a L1 UNI are defined. In addition, a framework for defining specific instances of a Subscriber Layer 1 Service is described.

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This Implementation Agreement (IA) defines an Access E-Line Service that includes a specific set of management and Class of Service capabilities. The service defined in this IA is based on applicable functionality and associated requirements from existing MEF specifications.

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This document specifies the Service Attributes that need to be agreed between a Service Provider and a Subscriber for IP Services, including IP VPNs, cloud access1 and Internet access.

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This document identifies the requirements for MEF Ethernet Services and MEF External Interfaces (EIs such as User-Network Interface (UNI)s) for use in Mobile Backhaul networks based on MEF specifications.

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Lifecycle Service Orchestration Reference Architecture (LSO RA, MEF 55) extends the traditional MEF scope concerning Service Modeling, from a pure view “from outside the network” to cover a range of Operational, Orchestration, and Network Management behaviors, including SDN and NFV paradigms.

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This Interface Profile Specification defines the Presto Management Interface for the network control and management domain in support of [MEF 6.2] and [MEF 51] Services and is a specialization of relevant classes from the MEF NRM (Network Resource Model).

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This document specifies the YANG modules for MEF 6.2 EVC based Services and MEF 10.3 Ethernet Services Attributes.

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This document is an amendment to Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) Reference Architecture (RA), MEF 55. The changes include Section 3 (Terminology) and Section 10 (Operational Threads for LSO).

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This document is an amendment to Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) Reference Architecture (RA), MEF 55. The changes include Section 3 (Terminology), Section 7.2 (Information Model), 7.3 (Business Process Flows) and Section 12 (References) and an appendix describing TOSCA Service Templates for deployment of MEF Services and the relevant MEF LSO entities that could use such templates.

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Amendment to MEF 45.

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This document specifies process flows for the Third Network lifecycle, including Product Service Resource (PSR) Definition Lifecycle and Product Service Resource (PSR) Instance Lifecycle, examined from the perspective of external commercial product considerations and internal service and resource considerations.

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This document represents the cumulative work between MEF and ATIS Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) to identify the common ordering attributes and processes needed to support inter-carrier Product Ordering of Ethernet Services worldwide.

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This Interface Profile Specification specifies Legato Management Interface in support of MEF 6.2 Services and is a realization of relevant classes from MEF 7.3 Information Model. The LEGATO_SCA Interface is for use at a Service Orchestrator Function for interfacing with Business Applications as described in MEF LSO RA and process for Service Configuration & Activation.

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This model identifies and defines the information necessary to manage the Carrier Ethernet services as defined by the MEF, including EVC and OVC services.

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This amendment generalizes certian requirements to apply to CoS Names, adds new terminology, includes an appendix with use cases and defines a set of token sharing Bandwidth Profile models.

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This is an amendment to MEF 22.2.

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The MEF introduced the MEF 48 (Service Activation Testing [SAT]) along with MEF 46 (Latching Loopback), and MEF 49 (SAT Control Protocol and PDU Formats) as a framework to help service providers with a new standardized approach to testing and troubleshooting Carrier Ethernet-based services

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This paper together with its companion paper, “Part II: How to Measure Carrier Ethernet Performance Attributes”, provides an in-depth guide to performance monitoring and assurance across the body of work of the MEF enabling the reader an accessible, one-stop guide to understanding CE 2.0 performance monitoring best practices and use them to their full advantage.

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This paper together with its companion paper, “Part I: An Introduction to Service Assurance and Carrier Ethernet Service Performance Attributes”, provides an in-depth guide to performance monitoring and assurance across the body of work of the MEF enabling the reader an accessible, one-stop guide to understanding CE 2.0 performance monitoring best practices and use them to their full advantage.

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This Implementation Agreement formalizes the CoS Name and defines three specific CoS Names called Class of Service Labels (CoS Labels)

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This document contains specifications for interconnecting Operator CENs in order to support MEF Forum Ethernet Services.

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This paper explores the role of NFV in conjunction with delivering CE 2.0 services.

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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.

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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.

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This document identifies the requirements for MEF Ethernet Services and MEF External Interfaces (EIs such as User-Network Interface (UNI)s) for use in Mobile Backhaul networks based on MEF specifications.

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This document specifies the processes, use cases and guidelines for a standardized MEF Carrier Ethernet Services Qualification Questionnaire that can be used by potential buying carriers to more efficiently find a selling carrier that matches their needs

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This specification documents a Carrier Ethernet service performance reporting framework in which Carrier Ethernet Network (CEN) Operators provide their Subscribers with access to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and statistics reporting through a standardized interface.

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This document amends MEF 10.3 to enhance the UNI Resiliency Service Attribute to include multiple physical links that can carry different Service Frames simultaneously at a UNI.

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Specifies an Implementation Agreement for Service Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (SOAM) that satisfies and extends the Performance Monitoring(PM) framework and requirements described in MEF 17.

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Specifies the Performance Monitoring(PM) SNMP Management Information Base(MIB) necessary to manage Service OAM implementations that satisfy the Service OAM requirements and framework specified by MEF 17.

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Amendment to MEF 49; the SAT Technical Specification which defines testing of Network Operator services that span more than one Network Operator.

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Amends MEF 10.3.

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This document documents a process model for the generic Carrier Ethernet service lifecy- cle, including Service Operations Lifecycle management and Product Lifecycle manage- ment. It establishes a foundation for specifications developed by the MEF Service Operations Committee.

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This specification defines the protocol and functionality for Latching Loopbacks (LLs) for Service Activation Testing (SAT) and troubleshooting up to the Information Rate for point-to-point and multipoint services across multiple Carrier Ethernet Networks (CENs).

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This document identifies the requirements for MEF Ethernet Services and MEF External Interfaces (EIs such as UNIs) as well as a management interface for use in support of Cloud Services.

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This document specifies the requirements and use cases for Carrier Ethernet Service Activation Testing (SAT) for E-Access services (Access Ethernet Private Line (Access EPL) and Access Ethernet Virtual Private Line (Access EVPL)) as defined in MEF 33.

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This document standardizes the following: The test PDUs that are exchanged between devices during the test, the control protocol used to configure SAT test, and the control PDUs that are exchanged between the devices in two operators’ networks.

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This document specifies the service attributes and requirements for handling Layer 2 Control Protocol (L2CP) Frames in a Carrier Ethernet Network.

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This document defines three Service constructs called Ethernet Service Types and six Ethernet Services with Service Attributes and parameters as specified in MEF 10.3, "Ethernet Services Attributes" and in MEF 45, "Multi-CEN Layer 2 Control Protocol".

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This is an amendment to MEF 22.1.

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Defines the architecture framework to model the Ethernet Services Layer of MEF compliant Carrier Ethernet Networks.

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Amendment to MEF 30.1 correcting the Continuity Check requirement for a MEP located at a leaf in an E-Tree service.

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Specifies the functionality offered by an Access Provider (AP) that, when combined with an Ethernet-Access (E-Access) Service, allows a Service Provider (SP) to monitor and configure selected objects associated with a given UNI and one or more OVC End Points at that UNI in the AP’s network.

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Amendment to MEF 35 covering Threshold Crossing Alerts.

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Specifies the Virtual NID (vNID) Management Information Base (MIB) necessary to configure and monitor the MEF vNID functionality that satisfies the requirements and definitions found in MEF 43 (vNID) by the Service Provider (SP).

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Amendment to MEF 35.

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The attributes of Ethernet Services observable at a User Network Interface (UNI) and from User Network Interface to User Network Interface (UNI to UNI) are defined.

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This document specifies a Generic Token Bucket Algorithm based on the Bandwidth Profile Algorithm specified in MEF 10.3 It is expected that other documents can reference this specification for describing new Bandwidth Profiles and methods for regulating the use of other resources.

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Specifies the External Network Network Interface (ENNI), Operator Virtual Connection (OVC), and Virtual User Network Interface (VUNI) Management Information Base (MIB) necessary to configure and monitor the MEF ENNI, OVC, and VUNI.

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This Specification defines a common set of managed object definitions that are consistent and readily integrated into a Carrier Ethernet Provider's operations environment. This common management model helps ensure that vendors provide management functionality and information in their OSSs, NMSs, EMSs, and NEs in a logically consistent fashion, and allows service providers to readily integrate such capabilities into their management environment.

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Implementation Agreement (IA) for Service Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) that builds upon the framework and requirements specified by MEF 17. In particular, specifying Service OAM requirements for Maintenance Entity Groups (MEGs) and for Fault Management(FM).

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Specifies the User Network Interface (UNI) and Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) Management Information Base (MIB) necessary to configure and monitor the UNI and EVC.

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Specifies the Fault Management (FM) YANG Modules necessary to implement the Service Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) that satisfies the Service OAM requirements and framework specified by MEF 17.

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Specifies the Performance Monitoring(PM) YANG Module necessary to satisfy the Service OAM requirements and framework specified by MEF 17.

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Defines test procedures for testing and certification of Ethernet Access (E-Access) Services namely Access EPL and Access EVPL deployed service provider networks. The test cases are based on requirements defined in MEF 33 and MEF 23.1

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This document identifies the requirements for MEF Ethernet Services and MEF External Interfaces (EIs such as UNIs) for use in Mobile Backhaul networks based on MEF specifications.

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This Implementation Agreement (IA) specifies a set of Class of Service Names called CoS Labels that can be used by Operators, Service Providers and their Subscribers to indicate the performance expectations to be associated with a given set of frames that comprise a CoS Frame Set.

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The Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework specifies a reference point that is the in- terface between two Metro Ethernet Networks (MENs), where each Operator MEN is under the control of a distinct administrative authority. This reference point is termed the External Network Network Interface or ENNI.

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Amendment to MEF 31 which updates the TC MIB requirements to include the Textual Conventions needed for the MEF SOAM PM MIB.

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This document defines Ethernet Access Services, which are OVC-based Ethernet services in contrast to the EVC-based services which are defined in MEF 6.1 Technical Specification "Ethernet Services Definitions".

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This document specifies the Performance Monitoring (PM) Management Information Base (MIB) necessary to manage Service Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) implementations that satisfy the Service OAM requirements and framework specified by MEF 17.

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Defines Abstract Test Suite for External Network Network Interface (ENNI) in accordance with the requirements and service attributes specified in the ENNI (MEF 26.1)

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This document replaces Section 8 of MEF 6.1 requirements that are in line with the current IEEE standards.

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This Amendment to MEF 12.1 specifies models in support of External Interface extensions for the Ethernet Service Layer Architecture.

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The purpose of this document is to add Service Level Specification performance attribute definitions and related requirements to MEF 26.1.

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Contains requirements for protecting Ethernet Services at an External Interface against link or a Network Element (NE) failure. This specification identifies resiliency requirements at external interfaces applicable to MEF Service and associated Service End Points.

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Amendment to MEF 10.2.

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This document amends MEF 26 as described below.

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This document specifies an Implementation Agreement (IA) for Service Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) that builds upon the Fault Management (FM) framework and re-quirements.

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This document specifies the Fault Management (FM) Management Information Base (MIB) necessary to implement the Service Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) that satisfies the Service OAM requirements and framework specified by MEF 17, the Service OAM Fault Management requirements as specified by SOAM-FM, and the Service OAM management objects as specified by MEF 7.1 which are applicable to Fault Management functions.

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The External Network Network Interface (ENNI) is a reference point that describes the interface between two Metro Ethernet Networks (MENs) and is intended to support the transparent extension of Ethernet services across multiple Network Operator MENs, where each Network Operator MEN is under the control of a distinct administrative authority. This Technical Specification extends the ENNI by defining the UNI Tunnel Access (UTA) which associates a Virtual UNI (VUNI), a remote UNI, and at least one supporting OVC.

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This Amendment to MEF 10.1 is intended to replace parts of section 6.9 (6.9, and 6.9.1 through 6.9.6) and revise related material in sections 2 and 8.4.

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Correction to MEF 26, Fig. 10.

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Technical Corrections to MEF 7.1

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Defines test procedures based on requirements for UNI Type 2 described in MEF 20

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This document provides the architectural framework to model the Ethernet Services Layer of MEF compliant Carrier Ethernet Networks. It also introduces the base functional elements of the MEF architecture.

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The Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework specifies a reference point that is the in- terface between two Metro Ethernet Networks (MENs), where each Operator MEN is under the control of a distinct administrative authority. This reference point is termed the External Network Network Interface or ENNI.

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Defines an abstract set of Ethernet Service Constructs that are widely applicable regardless of how the UNI-to-UNI Network may be sugmented by providers

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The attributes of Ethernet Services observable at a User Network Interface (UNI) and from User Network Interface to User Network Interface (UNI to UNI) are defined.

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This Specification describes the Network View interface between an Ethernet Element Management System (EMS) and Network Management System (NMS) supporting Metro Ethernet Services Phase 1 and Phase 2 networks by providing the profile of management entities based on ITU-T Q.840.1.

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This Implementation Agreement (IA) specifies a small common set of Classes of Service (CoS) that can be used by Operators, Service Providers and their Subscribers to indicate the performance expectations to be associated with a given set of frames.

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Defines test procedures based on a combination of requirements for E-LMI described in MEF 20

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Defines test procedures based on a combination of requirements for Service OAM described in MEF 20

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This document identifies the service attribute requirements that apply to Ethernet Services and UNIs for mobile backhaul based on MEF standards. In addition, new interface and service attributes have been specified where needed.

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Specifies MEF UNI characteristics and operation in which customer side of the UNI is automatically configured by the network side of the UNI allowing verification of SLA and UNI connectivity. Additional objectives include support for Ethernet OAM (802.3ah, 802.1ag) over the UNI. Required for support of ELMI

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The Link OAM part of the Abstract Test Suite for UNI Type 2 describes test procedures based on a combination of the requirements for Link OAM described in MEF 20, etc.

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This document uses the service attributes and parameters that are defined in the MEF Technical Specification “Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 2” and applies them to create different Ethernet services.

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Specifies testing procedures for pass/fail assessment of conformance with each of the operating modes in MEF 8.

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Provides requirements to be satisfied by the Service OAM mechanisms in MENs and framework for discussing and implementing those mechanisms. It also provides context for several MEF specifications (UNI type 2 and E-NNI) and the work of other standards bodies

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Supplements the MEF test specifications MEF 9, and MEF 14 with test procedures for UNI manual configuration mode defined in MEF 13

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The attributes of Ethernet Services observable at a User Network Interface (UNI) and from User Network Interface to User Network Interface (UNI to UNI) are defined. I

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Enables customer equipment to receive information regarding the status and attributes of Ethernet Services thus allowing automatic configuration and improved Subscriber network performance

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This allows existing Ethernet devices (switch, router, workstation, etc) acting as Customer Edge devices to be compliant to this IA with no additional software or hardware upgrades

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Defines the requirements and corresponding test procedures for Service Performance and Bandwidth Profile Service Attributes that may be specified as part of a Service Level Specification (SLS) for an Ethernet Service.

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Specifies the network management requirements to be met by Network Elements supporting Ethernet Service Phase 1

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This document is a contribution to the Technical Committee of the Metro Ethernet Forum. This document provides architectural framework to model the Ethernet Services Layer – ETH Layer- of MEF compliant Metro Ethernet Networks (MENs).

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The attributes of Ethernet Services observable at a User Network Interface (UNI) and from User Network Interface to User Network Interface (UNI to UNI) are defined.

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Defines a split demarcation function between the customer (Subscriber), and the Service Provider

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Gives precise instructions for implementing interoperable CES equipment that reliably transport TDM circuits across Carrier Ethernet Networks while meeting the required performance of circuit emulated TDM services as defined in ITU-T and ANSI TDM standards

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Defines the test suite for conformance of Ethernet services and equipment when deployed at the UNI. This is one of the two foundational documents of the CE 1.0 Certification Program.

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Introduces the framework and terminology for the services (Eth) layer

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This document defines the Traffic and Performance parameters that may be specified as part of an Ethernet service level specification (SLS).

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Circuit Emulation Service “tunnels” TDM traffic through a Carrier Ethernet network allowing inclusion of legacy networks within a Carrier Ethernet environment

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Defines a broad frame work for hop-by-hop and end-to-end service level protection.

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The attributes of Ethernet Services observable at a User Network Interface (UNI) and from User Network Interface to User Network Interface (UNI to UNI) are defined.

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