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MEF Structure
Members Officers Board of Directors Marketing Committee Awareness Technical Committee Standards
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For more information about the MEF leadership please visit http://www.MetroEthernetForum.org/
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Messaging Collateral
Events
Sub-committee
Economic Analysis
Sub-committee
Sub-committee
Areas
Architecture Sub-committee Services Sub-committee Protocol & Transport Sub-committee Management Sub-committee Test Methods Sub-committee
MEF
Etc. 10 GE Alliance Etc.
Etc.
Document Types
Implementation Agreements
Building consensus on existing standards
Test Procedures
Promoting/Performing Interoperability testing
Position Statements
Proposing work for existing standards bodies
Technical Specifications
Developing new standards within MEF
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Areas
Architecture Sub-committee Services Sub-committee Protocol & Transport Sub-committee Management Sub-committee Test Methods Sub-committee
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Architecture
Metro Ethernet Network (MEN) Reference Model
User Network Interface (UNI) Network to Network Interfaces (NNIs)
MEN Framework
defines the modeling conventions for the functional elements which compose a MEN Provides common terminology for all MEF technical documents
Services
Ethernet Services Model Ethernet Definitions
Ethernet Line Services (ELINE) Ethernet LAN Services (ELAN) Circuit Emulation Service (CES)
EMF
Ethernet Multiplexor provides a subset of the functions under discussion at IEEE 802.1 Provider Bridges
EoS
Agreements for transport of Ethernet over Sonet
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Management
Element Management System
defines the requirements for the central systems which manage the network elements of a MEN
OAM Management
defines end-to-end OAM for the service assurance end-to-
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Test Area
Management Area
OAM&P
Architecture Area
Services Area
Ethernet Services
Ethernet Services Model d4 Ethernet Services Definitions d2
MEN Architecture
MEN Architecture FW Part 1 d1 MEN Architecture FW Part 2 MEN Architecture FW part 3 MEN Architecture FW part 4 MEN Architecture FW part 5
EMS Mgmt
EMS Requirements d1
TM
UNI
UNI Requirements d2
UNI Framework d3 UNI PVC IA d1
EoS
EoS IA d1
CES
CES Requirements d2
EMS-NMS If
EMS-NMS Information Model d3
EI-NNI
EI-NNI TS d1
NI-NNI
MPLS NI-NNI D1
Legend
Gray Color = Not Approved Project Orange Color = Approved Project Blue Color = Draft Status Green Color = Approved Standard 15 Red Color = Sent to Ballot
EMF
EMF TS d1
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Doc # D00001 D00002 D00003 D00004 D00005 D00007 D00008 D00009 D00011 D00012 D00013 D00014 D00015 D00016 D00017 D00018 D00019 Draft# First Draft Current Draft Status 4 Ethernet Service Model Apr-02 Jan-03 Straw 3 A Framework For Metro Ethernet Protection Apr-02 Oct-02 Letter 1 Implementing Metro Ethernet Protection using MPLS Mechanisms Jul-02 Jul-02 Straw 3 Requirements for Metro Ethernet Protection Jan-02 Oct-02 Straw 4 Ethernet Service OAM Apr-02 Jan-03 Draft Jul-02 Jul-02 Draft 1 Metro Ethernet Architecture Framework- Part 1: Generic Framework 2 UNI Requirements Jul-02 Oct-02 Straw 3 UNI Framework Specification Apr-02 Jan-03 Draft 2 Ethernet Layer 2 Service Definitions Apr-02 Oct-03 Straw 3 EMS-NMS Information Model Apr-02 Oct-02 Draft 2 CES Requirements Jul-02 Oct-03 Draft 1 EMS Requirements Jan-02 Jan-02 Straw 3 Traffic Performance Parameters Apr-02 Oct-02 Straw 2 QoS Framework Apr-02 Jul-02 Draft 1 EOS Implementation Agreement Jul-02 Jul-02 Draft 1 EI-NNI TS Oct-02 Oct-02 Draft 1 EMF TS Jan-03 Jan-03 Draft Approved interworking project CES contributions to straw ballot Title Ballot% 81/19/74/26/65/35/77/23/#Votes January 16 Straw 27 17 22 x x 68/32/0 70/29/19 Straw 17 Straw Straw 17 Straw Straw x x x x x x
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Ethernet Service provided by Metro Ethernet Network (MEN) Customer Equipment (CE) attaches to MEN at User-Network
Interface (UNI) using 10, 100, 1000 Mbps Ethernet interface.
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Domain
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Subscriber
Intercarrier Network
Transport Network
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Services Definition
Customer Equipment (CE) Metro Ethernet Network User Network Interface (UNI)
Point-toPoint-to-Point
Multipoint-to-Multipoint Multipoint-toLeaf
Root Leaf
Point-toPoint-to-Multipoint
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IWF
IWF
ELINE service is Point-to-Point and may describe both Point-toPrivate Lines and Virtual Private Lines May build a Frame Relay like service
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In this example a single site has multiple ELINE connections to other sites multiplexed over a single UNI.
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Protection Model
Multiple levels of service resiliency enabled by flexible protection mechanism
Application Protection Constraint Policy
Topology
Transport
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Network Element
Network Element
Primary Path
Network Element
Detour Path
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Network Element
Network Element
Network Element
Network Element
Network Element
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End-toEnd-to-end OAM
Customer Edge Customer Edge
UNI
LMI
Ethernet Access Network
LMI
Provider Edge
Internet Access
ISP Router
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OAM Management
Availability Status Monitoring Scalability Extensibility Security Tunnel and Transport Independence Layer 3 Independence
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Summary
MEF is working to fill the gaps between existing standards needed to standardize complete MEN systems. Technical work is focused on
Customer Service Specifications User Interface Definition Network To Network Interface Definitions Transport Network Features for Protection, QoS, and EoS End-to-end Management End-to Network Element Management
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