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MEF 3.0 SD-WAN & SASE – Frequently Asked Questions — 2020 Nov
Primary Resource for: SD-WAN
Product Portfolio: Overlay, SD-WAN, Security
Tags: Certification
MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Services & SASE – Frequently Asked Questions
MEF 88 Draft Release 1 Application Security for SD-WAN Services — 2020 Aug
Product Portfolio: SD-WAN
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:
MEF 70.1 Draft Release 1 SD-WAN Service Attributes and Service Framework — 2020 Aug
Primary Resource for: SD-WAN
Product Portfolio: SD-WAN
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.
LSO Legato SDK Release Candidate 4 — 2020 Jul
Primary Resource for: LSO Legato
Product Portfolio: LSO Legato
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
LSO Sonata SDK Release Candidate 5 — 2020 Jul
Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata
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.
MEF 41.0.1 Amendment to MEF 41: Clarification of Generic Token Bucket Algorithm (GTBA) Behavior — 2020 Jul
Amends: MEF 41
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Attributes
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.
MEF 66 SOAM for IP Services — 2020 Jul
Product Portfolio: IP | Standard Type: SOAM Fault and Performance Measurement
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.
MEF 78.1 MEF Core Model (MCM) — 2020 Jul
Primary Resource for: Models
Product Portfolio: Models | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
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)
MEF 80 Draft Release 4 Quote Management – Requirements and Use Cases — 2020 Jul
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata
This specification identifies the common Quote Use Cases and attributes needed to support intercarrier Quote management.
MEF 82 MEF Services Model – Information Model for SD-WAN Services — 2020 Jul
Primary Resource for: Models
Product Portfolio: Models, SD-WAN | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
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).
MEF 84 Draft Release 1 Network Slicing — 2020 Jul
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet
This Standard specifies Network Slicing in the context of MEF Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) and MEF Services.
MEF 90 SD-WAN Certification Test Requirements — 2020 Jul
Product Portfolio: SD-WAN | Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
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).
SASE Services Framework — 2020 Jul
Primary Resource for: Security
Product Portfolio: Security
Tags: SD-WAN
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.
MEF and 5G — 2020 Jun
Tags: Mobile Backhaul, Mobile Fronthaul, Network Slicing
Relationship between the work of MEF and 5G technologies
MEF LSO Sonata APIs – Frequently Asked Questions — 2020 Jun
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata
MEF LSO Sonata APIs – Frequently Asked Questions
Simplifying NFV Operations in the WAN with LSO and Lean NFV — 2020 Jun
Product Portfolio: North-South APIs
Tags: NFV
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.
MEF 22.3.1 Amendment to MEF 22.3: Transport Services for Mobile Networks — 2020 Apr
Amends: MEF 22.3
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Definitions
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.
Standardized VNF License Management Framework — 2020 Apr
Product Portfolio: North-South APIs
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.
MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet Certification Business Case for Service Providers — 2020 Mar
Primary Resource for: Carrier Ethernet
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet
Tags: Business Case, Certification
This document focuses on the business case for service providers to certify MEF 3.0 CE services
Orchestrated MEF 3.0 Optical Transport Services — 2020 Mar
Primary Resource for: Optical Transport
Product Portfolio: Optical Transport
MEF is the first industry body to publish standards for Optical Transport services and their orchestration.
Business and Operational Aspects of Implementing LSO Sonata — 2020 Feb
Also See: The Case for Standardized and Automated Inter-Provider Business Interface
Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, LSO Sonata
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.
MEF 48.1 Ethernet Service Activation Testing — 2020 Feb
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Activation and Test
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.
MEF 64 Operator Layer 1 Service Attributes and Services — 2020 Feb
Primary Resource for: Optical Transport
Product Portfolio: Optical Transport | Standard Type: Service Attributes
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.
MEF 65 Simplified Transit E-Line Service — 2020 Feb
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Definitions
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.
MEF 81.0.1 Amendment to MEF 81: Product Inventory Management — 2020 Feb
Amends: MEF 81
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata | Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle
This amendment addresses seven known issues with MEF 81.
The Case for Standardized and Automated Inter-Provider Business Interface — 2020 Feb
Also See: Business and Operational Aspects of Implementing LSO Sonata
Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, LSO Sonata
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.
MEF 3 0 Workshop – MEF 3.0 Services Overview — 2019 Nov
Product Portfolio: Service Standards
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.
MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Services — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: SD-WAN
Product Portfolio: SD-WAN
Tags: Also in Mandarin, Also in Spanish
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – Application Security for SD-WAN Services — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: Security
Product Portfolio: Security
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – Automation of LSO APIs Using Intent-Based Networking — 2019 Nov
Product Portfolio: APIs
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – Digital Services Expertise – New MEF SD-WAN Certified Professional (MEF-SDCP) — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: SD-WAN
Product Portfolio: SD-WAN
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – End-to-End Service Automation – LSO Framework and API Standardization — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: LSO Interlude
Product Portfolio: APIs
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.).
MEF 3.0 Workshop – Inter-Provider Automation – LSO Sonata Roadmap & Use Cases — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – Intra-Provider Automation with LSO APIs – LSO Presto & LSO Legato — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: LSO Legato, LSO Presto
Product Portfolio: North-South APIs
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF & 5G: Orchestrating 5G Services — 2019 Nov
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
MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF 3 0 Carrier Ethernet Services — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: Carrier Ethernet
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet Certification — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: Carrier Ethernet
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF 3.0 IP Services — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: IP
Product Portfolio: IP
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF 3.0 LSO Sonata Certification — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF 3.0 Optical Transport Services — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: Optical Transport
Product Portfolio: Optical Transport
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF 3.0 SD WAN Services — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: SD-WAN
Product Portfolio: SD-WAN
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certification — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: SD-WAN
Product Portfolio: SD-WAN
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.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF Certification – Accelerating MEF 3.0 Adoption — 2019 Nov
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, SD-WAN
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.
MEF 6.3 Subscriber Ethernet Service Definitions — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: Carrier Ethernet
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Definitions
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.
MEF 69 Subscriber IP Service Definitions — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: IP
Product Portfolio: IP | Standard Type: Service Definitions
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”.
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata | Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle
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).
MEF 81 Product Inventory Management – Requirements and Use Cases — 2019 Nov
Amendments: MEF 81.0.1
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata | Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle
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).
MEF 83 Network Resource Model – OAM — 2019 Sep
Primary Resource for: Models
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, Models | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
This specification describes the MEF Network Resource Management Information Model (NRM IM), specifically for Carrier Ethernet Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) related management features.
MEF 86 Presto Service OAM Interface Profile Specification — 2019 Sep
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, LSO Presto | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
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.
LSO Presto SDK Release 3 — 2019 Jul
Primary Resource for: LSO Presto
Product Portfolio: LSO Presto
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.
MEF 70 SD-WAN Service Attributes and Services — 2019 Jul
Primary Resource for: SD-WAN
Product Portfolio: SD-WAN | Standard Type: Service Attributes
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.
MEF 61.1 IP Service Attributes — 2019 May
Primary Resource for: IP
Product Portfolio: IP | Standard Type: Service Attributes
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.
MEF 72 Network Resource Model – Subscriber Layer 1 — 2019 May
Primary Resource for: Models
Product Portfolio: Models, Optical Transport | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
This specification describes the MEF Network Resource Management Information Model (NRM IM), specifically for Layer 1 Connectivity related management features.
MEF 10.4 Subscriber Ethernet Services Attributes — 2018 Dec
Primary Resource for: Carrier Ethernet
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Attributes
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.
MEF 45.1 Layer 2 Control Protocols in Ethernet Services — 2018 Dec
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Attributes
This document specifies the Service Attributes and requirements for handling Layer 2 Control Protocol (L2CP) Frames for Ethernet Services and replaces MEF 45.
MEF 51.1 Operator Ethernet Service Definitions — 2018 Dec
Primary Resource for: Carrier Ethernet
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Definitions
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)
MEF 57.1 Ethernet Ordering Technical Standard – Business Requirements and Use Cases — 2018 Dec
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata | Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle
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.
MEF 74 Commercial Affecting Attributes — 2018 Dec
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata, Service Standards | Standard Type: Service Attributes
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.
MEF 63 Subscriber Layer 1 Service Attributes — 2018 Aug
Primary Resource for: Optical Transport
Product Portfolio: Optical Transport | Standard Type: Service Attributes
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.
MEF 62 Managed Access E-Line Service Implementation Agreement — 2018 May
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Definitions
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.
MEF 22.3 Implementation Agreement – Transport Services for Mobile Networks — 2018 Jan
Amendments: MEF 22.3.1
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Definitions
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.
MEF 59 Network Resource Management – Information Model: Connectivity — 2018 Jan
Primary Resource for: Models
Product Portfolio: Models | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
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.
MEF 60 Network Resource Provisioning – Interface Profile Specification — 2018 Jan
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, LSO Presto | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
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).
MEF 58 Legato – EVC Services YANG – Service Configuration and Activation — 2017 Nov
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, LSO Legato | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
This document specifies the YANG modules for MEF 6.2 EVC based Services and MEF 10.3 Ethernet Services Attributes.
MEF 55.0.1 Amendment to MEF 55 – Operational Threads — 2017 Oct
Amends: MEF 55
Primary Resource for: APIs
Product Portfolio: APIs | Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle
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).
MEF 55.0.2 Amendment to MEF 55 – TOSCA Service Templates — 2017 Oct
Amends: MEF 55
Primary Resource for: APIs
Product Portfolio: APIs | Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle
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.
MEF 50.1 MEF Services Lifecycle Process Flows — 2017 Aug
Product Portfolio: APIs | Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle
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.
MEF 56 Interface Profile Specification – Service Configuration and Activation — 2017 May
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, LSO Legato | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
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.
MEF 7.3 Carrier Ethernet Service Information Model — 2017 Feb
Primary Resource for: Models
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, Models | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
This model identifies and defines the information necessary to manage the Carrier Ethernet services as defined by the MEF, including EVC and OVC services.
MEF 23.2.1 Models for Bandwidth Profiles with Token Sharing — 2017 Jan
Amends: MEF 23.2
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Attributes
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.
Understanding MEF’s Service Activation Testing Power Play — 2016 Nov
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet
Tags: SAT
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
Understanding Carrier Ethernet Service Assurance – Part I — 2016 Sep
Also See: Understanding Carrier Ethernet Service Assurance – Part II
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet
Tags: Service Assurance, SOAM
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.
Understanding Carrier Ethernet Service Assurance – Part II — 2016 Sep
Also See: Understanding Carrier Ethernet Service Assurance – Part I
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet
Tags: Service Assurance, SOAM
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.
MEF 23.2 Class of Service Phase 3 Implementation Agreement — 2016 Aug
Amendments: MEF 23.2.1
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Attributes
This Implementation Agreement formalizes the CoS Name and defines three specific CoS Names called Class of Service Labels (CoS Labels)
MEF 26.2 External Network Network Interface (ENNI) and Operator Service Attributes — 2016 Aug
Primary Resource for: Carrier Ethernet
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Attributes
This document contains specifications for interconnecting Operator CENs in order to support MEF Forum Ethernet Services.
Carrier Ethernet and NFV — 2016 Jul
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet
Tags: NFV
This paper explores the role of NFV in conjunction with delivering CE 2.0 services.
MEF 54 Ethernet Interconnection Point (EIP): An ENNI Implementation Agreement — 2016 Mar
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle
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.
MEF 55 Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO): Reference Architecture and Framework — 2016 Mar
Amendments: MEF 55.0.1 , MEF 55.0.2
Primary Resource for: APIs
Product Portfolio: APIs | Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle
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.
MEF 53 Ethernet Services Qualification Questionnaire — 2015 Dec
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle
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
MEF 52 Carrier Ethernet Performance Reporting Framework — 2015 Nov
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle
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.
MEF 35.1 Service OAM Performance Monitoring Implementation Agreement — 2015 May
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: SOAM Fault and Performance Measurement
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.
MEF 36.1 Service OAM SNMP MIB for Performance Monitoring — 2015 Apr
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
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.
MEF 49.0.1 Amendment to Service Activation Testing Control Protocol and PDU Formats — 2015 Apr
Amends: MEF 49
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Activation and Test
Amendment to MEF 49; the SAT Technical Specification which defines testing of Network Operator services that span more than one Network Operator.
MEF 46 Latching Loopback Protocol and Functionality — 2014 Nov
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Activation and Test
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).
MEF 47 Carrier Ethernet Services for Cloud Implementation Agreement — 2014 Oct
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Definitions
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.
MEF 49 Service Activation Testing Control Protocol and PDU Formats — 2014 Oct
Amendments: MEF 49.0.1
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Activation and Test
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.
MEF 12.2 Carrier Ethernet Network Architecture Framework Part 2: Ethernet Services Layer — 2014 May
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Architecture
Defines the architecture framework to model the Ethernet Services Layer of MEF compliant Carrier Ethernet Networks.
MEF 30.1.1 Amendment to SOAM FM IA — 2014 Apr
Amends: MEF 30.1
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: SOAM Fault and Performance Measurement
Amendment to MEF 30.1 correcting the Continuity Check requirement for a MEP located at a leaf in an E-Tree service.
MEF 43 Virtual NID (vNID) Functionality for E-Access Services — 2014 Apr
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Definitions
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.
MEF 44 Virtual NID (vNID) Definition of Managed Objects (SNMP) — 2014 Jan
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
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).
MEF 41 Generic Token Bucket Algorithm — 2013 Oct
Amendments: MEF 41.0.1
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Attributes
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.
MEF 42 ENNI and OVC Definition of Managed Objects (SNMP) — 2013 Oct
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
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.
MEF 30.1 Service OAM Fault Management Implementation Agreement Phase 2 — 2013 Apr
Amendments: MEF 30.1.1
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: SOAM Fault and Performance Measurement
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).
MEF 40 UNI and EVC Definition of Managed Objects (SNMP) — 2013 Apr
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
Specifies the User Network Interface (UNI) and Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) Management Information Base (MIB) necessary to configure and monitor the UNI and EVC.
MEF 38 Service OAM Fault Management YANG Modules — 2012 Apr
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
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.
MEF 39 SOAM Performance Monitoring YANG Module — 2012 Apr
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
Specifies the Performance Monitoring(PM) YANG Module necessary to satisfy the Service OAM requirements and framework specified by MEF 17.
MEF 34 ATS for Ethernet Access Services — 2012 Feb
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
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
MEF 31.0.1 Amendment to Service OAM SNMP MIB for Fault Management — 2012 Jan
Amends: MEF 31
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
Amendment to MEF 31 which updates the TC MIB requirements to include the Textual Conventions needed for the MEF SOAM PM MIB.
MEF 37 Abstract Test Suite for ENNI — 2012 Jan
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
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)
MEF 32 Requirements for Service Protection Across External Interfaces — 2011 Jul
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Architecture
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.
MEF 31 Service OAM Fault Management Definition of Managed Objects (SNMP) — 2011 Jan
Amendments: MEF 31.0.1
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Information and Data Models
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.
MEF 27 Abstract Test Suite For UNI Type 2 Part 5: Enhanced UNI Attributes & Part 6: L2CP Handling — 2010 May
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
Defines test procedures based on requirements for UNI Type 2 described in MEF 20
MEF 29 Ethernet Services Constructs — 2010 Jan
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Architecture
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
MEF 24 Abstract Test Suite for UNI Type 2 Part 2 E-LMI — 2009 May
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
Defines test procedures based on a combination of requirements for E-LMI described in MEF 20
MEF 25 Abstract Test Suite for UNI Type 2 Part 3 Service OAM — 2009 May
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
Defines test procedures based on a combination of requirements for Service OAM described in MEF 20
MEF 20 UNI Type 2 Implementation Agreement — 2008 Jul
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Architecture
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
MEF 21 Abstract Test Suite for UNI Type 2 Part 1 Link OAM — 2008 Jul
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
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.
MEF 18 Abstract Test Suite for Circuit Emulation Services — 2007 May
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
Specifies testing procedures for pass/fail assessment of conformance with each of the operating modes in MEF 8.
MEF 17 Service OAM Framework and Requirements — 2007 Apr
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: SOAM Fault and Performance Measurement
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
MEF 19 Abstract Test Suite for UNI Type 1 — 2007 Apr
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
Supplements the MEF test specifications MEF 9, and MEF 14 with test procedures for UNI manual configuration mode defined in MEF 13
MEF 16 Ethernet Local Management Interface — 2006 Jan
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Element Management
Enables customer equipment to receive information regarding the status and attributes of Ethernet Services thus allowing automatic configuration and improved Subscriber network performance
MEF 13 User Network Interface (UNI) Type 1 Implementation Agreement — 2005 Nov
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Architecture
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
MEF 14 Abstract Test Suite for Traffic Management Phase 1 — 2005 Nov
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
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.
MEF 15 Requirements for Management of Metro Ethernet Phase 1 Network Elements — 2005 Nov
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Element Management
Specifies the network management requirements to be met by Network Elements supporting Ethernet Service Phase 1
MEF 11 User Network Interface (UNI) Requirements and Framework — 2004 Nov
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Architecture
Defines a split demarcation function between the customer (Subscriber), and the Service Provider
MEF 8 Implementation Agreement for the Emulation of PDH Circuits over Metro Ethernet Networks — 2004 Oct
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Service Definitions
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
MEF 9 Abstract Test Suite for Ethernet Services at the UNI — 2004 Oct
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
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.
MEF 4 Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework Part 1: Generic Framework — 2004 May
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Architecture
Introduces the framework and terminology for the services (Eth) layer
MEF 3 Circuit Emulation Service Definitions, Framework and Requirements in Metro Ethernet Networks — 2004 Apr
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Architecture
Circuit Emulation Service “tunnels” TDM traffic through a Carrier Ethernet network allowing inclusion of legacy networks within a Carrier Ethernet environment
MEF 2 Requirements and Framework for Ethernet Service Protection — 2004 Feb
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet | Standard Type: Architecture
Defines a broad frame work for hop-by-hop and end-to-end service level protection.