LSO Interlude APIs address the service-orchestration to service-orchestration layer of inter-provider interactions, like performance, state, and dynamic control. The service orchestration functionality is analogous to the OSS functions of a service provider.
Examples of Service Provider interactions handled by LSO Interlude APIs:
See MEF’s Technical Standards & Educational Materials for LSO Interlude
LSO Interlude is the Interface Reference Point between the service orchestration layers of disparate service providers who connect to provide access or transit services for a service provider’s end subscriber.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – End-to-End Service Automation – LSO Framework and API Standardization — 2019 Nov
Product Portfolio: APIs, LSO Interlude
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 136 Allegro, Interlude and Legato Service Function Testing Business Requirements & Use Cases — 2023 Apr
Product Portfolio: LSO Allegro, LSO Legato, LSO Interlude
This document defines the Business Requirements and Use Cases to support Service Function Testing (SFT) at the Allegro, Interlude, and Legato Interface Reference Points.
MEF 133 Allegro, Interlude and Legato Fault Management and Performance Monitoring BR&UC — 2023 Feb
Product Portfolio: LSO Allegro, LSO Legato, LSO Interlude
This document defines the Business Requirements and Use Cases to support Performance Moni-toring at the Allegro, Interlude and Legato Interface Reference Points (IRPs).
MEF 76 Service Control Business Requirements and Use Cases — 2022 Oct
Product Portfolio: LSO Interlude
Tags: Cloud
This standard defines business requirements and use cases for modifying values of service attributes elastically.
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Starting first with MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet services, and later for additional MEF 3.0 services such as IP services, LSO Interlude APIs will drive frictionless inter-provider service operations, resulting in dynamic and automated service delivery and management for off-net subscriber locations.
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