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Service Definitions

MEF 6.3 Subscriber Ethernet Service Definitions — 2019 Nov

Primary Resource for: Carrier Ethernet

Product Portfolio: Subscriber Carrier Ethernet, 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.

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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

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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.

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MEF 22.3.1 Amendment to MEF 22.3: Transport Services for Mobile Networks — 2020 Apr

Amends: MEF 22.3

Primary Resource for: 5G

Product Portfolio: 5G, 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.

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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.

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MEF 47.1 Elastic Ethernet Services & Cloud Connectivity — 2021 Feb

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Service Definitions

Tags: Cloud

This MEF Standard describes and defines Elastic Ethernet Services.

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MEF 51 OVC Services Definitions — 2015 Aug

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, Operator Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Service 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.

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MEF 51.1 Operator Ethernet Service Definitions — 2018 Dec

Primary Resource for: Carrier Ethernet

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, Operator 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)

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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.

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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.

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MEF 69.1 Subscriber IP Service Definitions — 2022 Feb

Primary Resource for: IP

Product Portfolio: IP

Standard Type: Service Definitions

This standard defines Internet Protocol (IP) Services by imposing constraints on certain MEF 61.1 Service Attributes and parameters.

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MEF 118 Zero Trust Framework for MEF Services — 2022 Oct

Primary Resource for: Zero Trust, SASE

Product Portfolio: SASE, Zero Trust

Standard Type: Service Definitions

This standard defines a framework and requirements addressing Identity and Authentication of the different Actors plus Policy-Based Access Control providing enforcement at Policy End Points.

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Service Attributes

MEF 10.4 Subscriber Ethernet Services Attributes — 2018 Dec

Primary Resource for: Carrier Ethernet

Product Portfolio: Subscriber Carrier Ethernet, 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.

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MEF 23.2 Class of Service Phase 3 Implementation Agreement — 2016 Aug

Amendments: MEF 23.2.1 , MEF 23.2.2

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)

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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.

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MEF 23.2.2 Satellite Performance Tier — 2021 Jan

Amends: MEF 23.2

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Service Attributes

MEF 26.2 External Network Network Interface (ENNI) and Operator Service Attributes — 2016 Aug

Primary Resource for: Carrier Ethernet

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, Operator Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Service Attributes

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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MEF 61.1 IP Service Attributes — 2019 May

Amends: MEF 61

Amendments: MEF 61.1.1

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.

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MEF 61.1.1 Amendment to MEF 61.1: UNI Access Link Trunks, IP Addresses, and Mean Time to Repair Performance Metric — 2022 Jul

Amends: MEF 61.1

Primary Resource for: IP

Product Portfolio: IP

Standard Type: Service Attributes

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.

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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.

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MEF 70.2 SD-WAN Service Attributes and Service Framework — 2023 Oct

Primary Resource for: SD-WAN

Product Portfolio: SD-WAN

Standard Type: Service Attributes

The SD-WAN Service Attributes and Service Framework Standard defines the externally visible behavior of a MEF SD-WAN Service.

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MEF 74 Commercial Affecting Attributes — 2018 Dec

Product Portfolio: Service Standards, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: Service Attributes

Tags: Commercial

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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MEF 84 Subscriber Network Slice Service and Attributes — 2021 Jun

Product Portfolio: 5G, Network Slicing

Standard Type: Service Attributes

Tags: Network Slicing

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

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MEF 88 Application Security for SD-WAN Services — 2021 Nov

Primary Resource for: SASE, SD-WAN

Product Portfolio: SASE, SD-WAN

Standard Type: Service Attributes

This Standard specifies the requirements needed to add Application Flow Security to SD-WAN Services.

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MEF 117 SASE Service Attributes and Service Framework — 2022 Oct

Primary Resource for: Zero Trust, SASE

Product Portfolio: SASE, Zero Trust

Standard Type: Service Attributes

This document defines a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Service Framework and specifies Service Attributes that need to be agreed between a Service Provider and a Subscriber for SASE Services, including Security Functions, Policies and Connectivity Services.

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MEF 130 Device Physical and Environmental Service Attributes — 2023 Feb

Primary Resource for: Underlay Services

Product Portfolio: Underlay Services

Standard Type: Service Attributes

A Device is a physical component used in provisioning a product or service (e.g., Access E-Line, MEF 51.1) that requires the involved parties to agree on specific Service Attribute values.

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MEF 126 Network Slice Performance Profiles — 2023 Apr

Primary Resource for: 5G, Network Slicing

Product Portfolio: Network Slicing

Standard Type: Service Attributes

This document defines the Network Profile Attribute Connectivity Services Performance parameter whose value places requirements on the performance of Connectivity Services instantiated on the Network Slice used for the Network Service as defined in MEF 84.

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MEF 138 Draft Release 1 Security Functions for IP Services — 2023 Nov

Primary Resource for: Cybersecurity, IP

Product Portfolio: Cybersecurity, IP

Standard Type: Service Attributes

This Standard specifies the requirements needed to add Security Functions to an IP Service.

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Architecture

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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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MEF 68 Cloud Services Architecture — 2021 Sep

Product Portfolio: Other

Standard Type: Architecture

Tags: Cloud

This document defines the architectural framework for Cloud Services provided by a Cloud Ser-vice Provider to a Cloud Subscriber or by a Cloud Operator to a Cloud Service Provider.

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MEF 114 DLT-Based Commercial and Operational Services Framework – Billing — 2021 Nov

Product Portfolio: Other

Standard Type: Architecture

Tags: DLT, Billing

This MEF standard defines a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)-based Commercial and Operational Product Framework for use in billing and settlement of products traded between providers of MEF and other services.

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Information and Data Models

MEF 7.4 MEF Services Model: Information Model for Carrier Ethernet Services — 2020 Dec

Primary Resource for: Models

Product Portfolio: Subscriber Carrier Ethernet, Carrier Ethernet, Operator Carrier Ethernet, Models

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: MSM (MEF Service Models)

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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MEF 56 Interface Profile Specification – Service Configuration and Activation — 2017 May

Product Portfolio: LSO Legato, Carrier Ethernet

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.

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MEF 58 Legato – EVC Services YANG – Service Configuration and Activation — 2017 Nov

Product Portfolio: LSO Legato, Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: NRP (Network Resource Provisioning), MRM (MEF Resource Models)

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

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MEF 59 Network Resource Management – Information Model: Connectivity — 2018 Jan

Primary Resource for: Models

Product Portfolio: Models

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: MRM (MEF Resource 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.

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MEF 60 Network Resource Provisioning – Interface Profile Specification — 2018 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, LSO Presto

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: MRM (MEF Resource 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).

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MEF 72.1 Resource Model – Subscriber & Operator Layer 1 — 2021 Feb

Primary Resource for: Models

Product Portfolio: Optical Transport, Models

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: NRP (Network Resource Provisioning), MRM (MEF Resource Models)

This Standard describes the MEF Resource Model (MRM), specifically for Layer 1 Connectivity related management features.

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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)

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MEF 82 MEF Services Model – Information Model for SD-WAN Services — 2020 Jul

Primary Resource for: Models

Product Portfolio: SD-WAN, Models

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: MSM (MEF Service 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).

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MEF 83 Network Resource Model – OAM — 2019 Sep

Primary Resource for: Models

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, Models

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: NRP (Network Resource Provisioning), MRM (MEF Resource 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.

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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.

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MEF 89 Resource Model – Common — 2022 Jan

Primary Resource for: Models

Product Portfolio: Models

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: MRM (MEF Resource Models)

This Standard describes the MEF Resource Model (MRM) Common, which essentially is the selection of ONF Transport API Information Model currently used and extended by more specific MEF Resource Models like Ethernet Connectivity Info Model (MEF 59), Subscriber and Operator Layer 1 Info Model (MEF 72.1), Ethernet OAM Info Model (MEF 83); and potentially useful for the Resource management at PRESTO IRP.

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MEF 95 MEF Policy Driven Orchestration — 2021 Jul

Amendments: MEF 95.0.1

Primary Resource for: Models

Product Portfolio: Models

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

The MEF Policy Driven Orchestration (PDO) standard specifies how Policy-based management and modeling can be used to realize and augment the orchestration functionality defined in the MEF Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) Reference Architecture (RA), MEF 55.1. It may also be used to define other types of services, such as choreography and collaboration.

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MEF 95.0.1 Amendment to MEF 95: Policy Driven Orchestration — 2022 Oct

Amends: MEF 95

Primary Resource for: Models

Product Portfolio: Models

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

This amendment provides enhancements to MEF 95 that enables policies to be grouped and defines the semantics of this grouping.

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MEF 111 MEF Services Model: Information Model for Layer 1 Connectivity Service — 2020 Dec

Primary Resource for: Models

Product Portfolio: Optical Transport, Models

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: MSM (MEF Service Models)

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

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MEF 112 MEF Services Model: Information Model for IP/IP VPN — 2022 Jul

Primary Resource for: Models

Product Portfolio: IP, Models

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: MSM (MEF Service Models)

The MEF Services Model (MSM) is an information and data model for MEF defined services. The object definitions, object attributes and relationships specified in the MSM are based on MEF standards that define the given services.

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MEF 125 LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Subscriber Ethernet Product Schemas and Developer Guide — 2023 Feb

Primary Resource for: Subscriber Carrier Ethernet, LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, Subscriber Carrier Ethernet, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: LSO Sonata, LSO Cantata

The MEF Standard consisting of this schema guide and its associated software artifacts (JSON Schemas) defines and describes the product-specific information used in LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata APIs for a set of Business Functions – specifically, Product Offering Qualification, Quote, Order and Inventory, for Subscriber Ethernet Services conforming to MEF 6.3.

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MEF 106 LSO Sonata Access E-Line Product Schemas and Developer Guide — 2023 Feb

Primary Resource for: Operator Carrier Ethernet, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata, Operator Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Information and Data Models

Tags: LSO Sonata

The MEF Standard consisting of this schema guide and its associated software artifacts (JSON Schemas) defines and describes the product-specific information used in LSO Sonata APIs for a set of Business Functions—specifically, Product Offering Qualification, Quoting, Ordering and Inventory—for an Access E-Line product.

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Service Activation and Test

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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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MEF 67 Service Activation Testing for IP Services — 2020 Dec

Product Portfolio: IP

Standard Type: Service Activation and Test

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

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MEF 136 Allegro, Interlude and Legato Service Function Testing Business Requirements & Use Cases — 2023 Apr

Primary Resource for: LSO Allegro, LSO Interlude, LSO Legato

Product Portfolio: LSO Allegro, LSO Legato, LSO Interlude

Standard Type: Service Activation and Test

This document defines the Business Requirements and Use Cases to support Service Function Testing (SFT) at the Allegro, Interlude, and Legato Interface Reference Points.

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SOAM Fault and Performance Measurement

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

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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MEF 133 Allegro, Interlude and Legato Fault Management and Performance Monitoring BR&UC — 2023 Feb

Primary Resource for: LSO Allegro, LSO Interlude, LSO Legato

Product Portfolio: LSO Allegro, LSO Legato, LSO Interlude

Standard Type: SOAM Fault and Performance Measurement

This document defines the Business Requirements and Use Cases to support Performance Moni-toring at the Allegro, Interlude and Legato Interface Reference Points (IRPs).

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Element Management

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

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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

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MEF Service Lifecycle

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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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MEF 55.1.1 Amendment to MEF 55.1: Reference Architecture and Framework – Terminology — 2023 Oct

Amends: MEF 55.1

Primary Resource for: APIs

Product Portfolio: APIs

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

The normative changes in this amendment are to improve the definitions of certain terms defined in MEF 55.1, and to add definitions for other terms that are commonly used in other MEF LSO Standards.

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MEF 55.1 Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO): Reference Architecture and Framework — 2021 Feb

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.

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MEF 57.1 Ethernet Ordering Technical Standard – Business Requirements and Use Cases — 2018 Dec

Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 57.2 Product Order Management Business Requirements and Use Cases — 2022 Oct

Primary Resource for: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: LSO Sonata, LSO Cantata

This standard identifies the common Product Order Use Cases and attributes needed to support inter-carrier Product Order management.

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MEF 76 Service Control Business Requirements and Use Cases — 2022 Oct

Primary Resource for: LSO Interlude

Product Portfolio: LSO Interlude

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: Cloud

This standard defines business requirements and use cases for modifying values of service attributes elastically.

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MEF 79.0.2 Amendment to MEF 79: Address Validation — 2021 Jul

Amends: MEF 79

Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

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

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MEF 79.0.1 Amendment to MEF 79: Address, Service Site, and Product Offering Qualification Management Requirements and Use Cases — 2020 Dec

Amends: MEF 79

Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

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 79 Address, Service Site, and Product Offering Qualification Management – Requirements and Use Cases — 2019 Nov

Amendments: MEF 79.0.1 , MEF 79.0.2

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).

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MEF 80 Quote Management – Requirements and Use Cases — 2021 Jul

Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

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

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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.

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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).

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MEF 87 LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Product Offering Qualification API – Developer Guide — 2022 May

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: LSO Sonata, LSO Cantata

This standard is intended to assist implementation of the Product Offering Qualification (POQ) function defined for the LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Interface Reference Points (IRPs).

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MEF 99 LSO Service Ordering Management API Developer Guide — 2023 Oct

Primary Resource for: LSO Legato

Product Portfolio: LSO Legato

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

This standard is intended to assist the implementation of the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for the Service Provisioning function of the Service Orchestration Functionality at the LSO Legato Interface Reference Point.

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MEF 135 LSO Legato Service Inventory Management API – Developer Guide — 2023 Oct

Primary Resource for: LSO Legato

Product Portfolio: LSO Legato

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

This standard is intended to assist the implementation of the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for the Service Inventory function of the Service Orchestration Functionality at the LSO Legato Interface Reference Point.

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MEF 123 LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Product Order Management API – Developer Guide — 2023 Feb

Primary Resource for: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: LSO Sonata, LSO Cantata

This standard is intended to assist the implementation of the Product Order functionality defined for the LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Interface Reference Points (IRPs).

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MEF 127 Draft Release 2 Product Catalog Requirements and Use Cases — 2023 Dec

Primary Resource for: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

This document identifies the common Use Cases and attributes needed to support the Product Catalog at the LSO Sonata/Cantata Interface Reference Point.

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MEF 110 Draft Release 2 Product Offering Availability and Pricing Discovery – Business Requirements and Use Cases — 2023 Dec

Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

This document contains the Business Requirements and Use Cases for Product Offering Availability and Pricing Discovery between a Seller and a Buyer at the Sonata/Cantata Interface Reference Point.

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MEF 124 LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Trouble Ticket and Incident Management API – Developer Guide — 2023 Feb

Primary Resource for: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: LSO Sonata, LSO Cantata

This standard is intended to assist implementation of the Trouble Ticketing functionality defined for the LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Interface Reference Points (IRPs).

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MEF 141 LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Billing Management API – Developer Guide — 2023 Oct

Primary Resource for: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

This standard is intended to assist implementation of the Billing functionality defined for the LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Interface Reference Points (IRPs).

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MEF 137 LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Appointment and Work Order Management API – Developer Guide — 2023 Feb

Primary Resource for: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: LSO Sonata, LSO Cantata

This standard is intended to assist implementation of the Appointment functionality defined for the LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Interface Reference Points (IRPs).

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MEF 134 Billing and Invoice Business Requirements and Use Cases — 2023 Feb

Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: LSO Sonata

This document contains the Business Requirements and Use Cases for Invoicing between a Seller and a Buyer at the Sonata Interface Reference Point.

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MEF 128 LSO API Security Profile — 2022 Jul

Primary Resource for: APIs

Product Portfolio: APIs

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

This document defines the security profile, security approaches and security architecture for LSO API security using OAuth2 and OIDC within either a centralized or federated identity provider framework.

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MEF 122 LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Site Management API – Developer Guide — 2022 May

Primary Resource for: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: LSO Sonata, LSO Cantata

This standard is intended to assist the implementation of the Site Retrieval functionality defined for the LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Interface Reference Points (IRPs).

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MEF 121 LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Address Management API – Developer Guide — 2022 May

Primary Resource for: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: LSO Sonata, LSO Cantata

This standard is intended to assist implementation of the Address Validation functionality defined for the LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Interface Reference Point (IRPs)

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MEF 116 LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Product Inventory API – Developer Guide — 2022 May

Primary Resource for: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: LSO Sonata, LSO Cantata

This standard assists the implementation of the Product Inventory functionality defined for the LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Interface Reference Points (IRPs)

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MEF 115 LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Quote Management API – Developer Guide — 2022 May

Primary Resource for: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: LSO Sonata, LSO Cantata

This standard is intended to assist the implementation of the Quote functionality defined for the LSO Cantata and LSO Sonata Interface Reference Points (IRPs)

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MEF 120 Lean NFV Overview and Framework — 2022 May

Primary Resource for: LSO Presto, LSO Adagio

Product Portfolio: LSO Presto, LSO Adagio

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Lean NFV represents an approach to implementing Network Functions Virtualization in the context of MEF LSO.

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MEF 113 Trouble Ticketing Requirements and Use Cases — 2022 Oct

Product Portfolio: LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata

Standard Type: MEF Service Lifecycle

Tags: LSO Sonata, LSO Cantata

This document identifies the common Use Cases and attributes needed to support Trouble Ticket-ing Management at the LSO Sonata/Cantata Interface Reference Point.

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Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites

MEF 163 Draft Release 1 Zero Trust Certification Test Cases and Requirements — 2023 Sep

Primary Resource for: Zero Trust

Product Portfolio: Zero Trust

Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites

A Zero Trust Framework (ZTF), defined in MEF 118, is a cybersecurity architecture where users or clients (end users, applications, and other nonhuman Users, Devices, and Applications that request information from resources) are authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated before being granted access to, maintaining access to, or performing operations on applications.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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).

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MEF 90.2 Draft Release 1 SD-WAN Certification Phase 2 Use Cases and Requirements — 2023 Sep

Primary Resource for: SD-WAN Certification

Product Portfolio: SD-WAN Certification

Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites

Tags: Certification, SD-WAN

This document defines the Test Cases and requirements for SD-WAN certification.

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MEF 91 Carrier Ethernet Test Requirements — 2021 Mar

Product Portfolio: Subscriber Carrier Ethernet, Carrier Ethernet, Operator Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites

Tags: Certification

This document sets out test requirements for Subscriber and Operator Carrier Ethernet Services.

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MEF 91.0.1 Amendment to MEF 91: Satellite Performance Tier — 2021 Nov

Amends: MEF 91

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet Certification

Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites

MEF 91 refers to Performance Tiers (PT0.3 to PT4) and associated Performance Objectives. However, with Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites, it is only possible for Carrier Ethernet services to meet the performance objectives of PT4 CoS Label L, and only with FD (95th percentile).

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MEF 131 Draft Release 1 MEF Secure SD-WAN Certification Test Requirements — 2022 May

Primary Resource for: SD-WAN, SD-WAN Certification

Product Portfolio: SD-WAN Certification, SD-WAN

Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites

This document describes the MEF Secure SD-WAN certification test requirements to validate conformance with the Application Flow Security for SD-WAN Services (MEF 88) [3]. The Secure SD-WAN Certification Test Requirements standard is functional, and hence implementation-independent.

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MEF 162 Draft Release 1 Security Service Edge Certification Test Cases and Requirements — 2023 Sep

Primary Resource for: Cybersecurity

Product Portfolio: Cybersecurity

Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites

Tags: Certification

Per Gartner, Security Service Edge (SSE) secures access to the web, cloud services, and private applications. Capabilities include access control, threat protection, data security, security monitoring, and acceptable-use control enforced by network-based and API-based integration. SSE is primarily delivered as a cloud-based service and may include on-premises or agent-based components.

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Superseded Standards

MEF 1 Ethernet Services Model Phase I — 2003 Nov

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 5 Traffic Management Phase 1 — 2004 May

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 6.1 Metro Ethernet Services Definitions Phase 2 — 2008 Apr

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 6.1.1 Layer 2 Control Protocol Handling Amendment to MEF 6.1 — 2012 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. This document replaces Section 8 of MEF 6.1 requirements that are in line with the current IEEE standards.

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MEF 6.2 EVC Ethernet Services Definitions Phase 3 — 2014 Aug

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 7.1 Phase 2 EMS-NMS Information Model — 2009 Oct

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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MEF 7.1.1 Technical Corrections to MEF 7.1 — 2010 Jul

Technical Corrections to MEF 7.1

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MEF 7.2 Carrier Ethernet Information Model — 2013 May

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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MEF 7.3 Carrier Ethernet Service Information Model — 2017 Feb

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, Models

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 10 Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 1 — 2004 Nov

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 10.1.1 Amendment to MEF 10.1 Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 2 — 2010 Jul

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

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. NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

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MEF 10.1 Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 2 — 2006 Nov

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 10.2.1 Performance Attributes Amendment to MEF 10.2 — 2011 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

Amendment to MEF 10.2. NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

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MEF 10.2 Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 2 — 2009 Oct

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 10.3 Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 3 — 2013 Oct

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 10.3.1 Composite Performance Metric (CPM) Amendment to MEF 10.3 — 2015 Feb

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

Amends MEF 10.3. NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

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MEF 10.3.2 UNI Resiliency Enhancement Amendment to MEF 10.3 — 2015 Oct

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 12 Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework Part 2: Ethernet Services Layer — 2005 Apr

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 12.1 Carrier Ethernet Network Architecture Framework Part 2: Ethernet Services Layer – Basic Elements — 2010 Apr

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 12.1.1 Network Architecture Framework Part 2: External Interface Extensions — 2011 Oct

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. This Amendment to MEF 12.1 specifies models in support of External Interface extensions for the Ethernet Service Layer Architecture.

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MEF 22 Mobile Backhaul Implementation Agreement (2/09) — 2009 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 22.1 Mobile Backhaul Phase 2 Implementation Agreement — 2012 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 22.1.1 Amendment to MEF 22.1 – Small Cell Backhaul — 2014 Jul

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

This is an amendment to MEF 22.1. NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

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MEF 22.2 Mobile Backhaul Phase 3 Implementation Agreement — 2016 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 22.2.1 Mobile Backhaul Phase 3 – Amendment 1: Time Synchronization — 2016 Nov

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

This is an amendment to MEF 22.2. NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

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MEF 23 Class of Service Phase 1 Implementation Agreement — 2009 Jun

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 23.1 Class of Service Phase 2 Implementation Agreement — 2012 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 26 External Network to Network Interface (ENNI) Phase I — 2010 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. The Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework specifies a reference point that is the interface 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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MEF 26.0.1 Corrected Figure 10 for MEF 26 — 2010 Jul

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

Correction to MEF 26, Fig. 10. NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

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MEF 26.0.2 OVC Layer 2 Control Protocol Tunneling Amendment to MEF 26 — 2011 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

This document amends MEF 26. NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

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MEF 26.0.3 Service Level Specification Amendment to MEF 26 — 2011 Oct

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

The purpose of this document is to add Service Level Specification performance attribute definitions and related requirements to MEF 26.1. NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

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MEF 26.1 External Network Network Interface (ENNI) Phase 2 — 2012 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. The Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework specifies a reference point that is the interface 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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MEF 28 External Network Network Interface (ENNI) Support for UNI Tunnel Access and Virtual UNI — 2010 Oct

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 30 Service OAM Fault Management Implementation Agreement Phase 2 — 2011 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 33 Ethernet Access Services Definition — 2012 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 35 Service OAM Performance Monitoring Implementation Agreement — 2012 Apr

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

This document specifies an Implementation Agreement (IA) 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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MEF 35.0.1 SOAM PM Implementation Agreement Amendment (TCA) — 2013 Dec

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

Amendment to MEF 35. NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

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MEF 35.0.2 SOAM PM Implementation Agreement Amendment-2 (1SL) — 2014 Feb

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

Amendment to MEF 35 covering Threshold Crossing Alerts. NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

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MEF 36 Service OAM SNMP MIB for Performance Monitoring — 2012 Jan

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 45 Multi-CEN L2CP — 2014 Aug

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 45.0.1 Amendment to MEF 45: OVC Services Requirements for L2CP — 2017 Aug

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

Amendment to MEF 45. NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

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MEF 47 Carrier Ethernet Services for Cloud Implementation Agreement — 2014 Oct

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 48 Service Activation Testing — 2014 Oct

Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 50 Service Operations Guidelines — 2014 Dec

Product Portfolio: APIs

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. This document documents a process model for the generic Carrier Ethernet service lifecycle, including Service Operations Lifecycle management and Product Lifecycle management. It establishes a foundation for specifications developed by the MEF Service Operations Committee.

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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: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 55.0.1 Amendment to MEF 55 – Operational Threads — 2017 Oct

Amends: MEF 55

Primary Resource for: APIs

Product Portfolio: APIs

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

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

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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: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 57 Ethernet Ordering Technical Specification – Business Requirements and Use Cases — 2017 Jul

Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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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MEF 61 IP Service Attributes for Subscriber IP Services — 2018 Apr

Also See:

Product Portfolio: IP

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. 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.

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MEF 69 Subscriber IP Service Definitions — 2019 Nov

Product Portfolio: IP

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

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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MEF 70 SD-WAN Service Attributes and Services — 2019 Jul

Primary Resource for: SD-WAN

Product Portfolio: SD-WAN

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

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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MEF 70.1 SD-WAN Service Attributes and Service Framework — 2021 Nov

Amendments: MEF 70.2

Primary Resource for: SD-WAN

Product Portfolio: SD-WAN

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

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 72 Network Resource Model – Subscriber Layer 1 — 2019 May

Product Portfolio: Optical Transport, Models

Standard Type: Superseded Standards

NOTE: THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. This specification describes the MEF Network Resource Management Information Model (NRM IM), specifically for Layer 1 Connectivity related management features.

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