MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet is the culmination of decades of industry collaboration, taking the trifecta of ubiquity, value, and simplicity from the LAN into the WAN. Now in its 3rd generation, MEF’s Carrier Ethernet service standards provide the dynamic, performance-enhanced, orchestrated, and high-speed connectivity required by the modern enterprise, cloud, and mobile service provider.
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MEF’s Carrier Ethernet standards define technology-agnostic layer-2 services that can be consumed directly by the enterprise or used between access, transit, and retail service providers for backhaul, cloud access, or multi-provider end-to-end services for seamless on-net and off-net connectivity.
These services provide point-to-point, multipoint and rooted multipoint architectures for delivering layer-2 service for an end subscriber (e.g. an enterprise customer).
E-Line services enable point-to-point connectivity between endpoints.
E-LAN services enable multipoint-to-multipoint connectivity.
An E-Tree is a rooted multipoint service that enables sites with hub and spoke multipoint connectivity.
These services provide point-to-point architectures that enable service providers to deliver Ethernet services across access partners and transit operators. Access and Transit E-LAN services are also defined in MEF standards.
Access E-Line services enable point-to-point connectivity to extend a service to off-net subscriber sites.
Transit E-Line services enable point-to-point connectivity to join multiple provider networks through an intermediate Carrier Ethernet network.
MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet Certification Business Case for Service Providers — 2020 Mar
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet Certification, Carrier Ethernet
Tags: Business Case, Certification
This document focuses on the business case for service providers to certify MEF 3.0 CE services
MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet Certification — 2019 Nov
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet Certification, 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 Carrier Ethernet Services — 2019 Nov
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 6.3 Subscriber Ethernet Service Definitions — 2019 Nov
Product Portfolio: Subscriber Carrier Ethernet, Carrier Ethernet
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 51.1 Operator Ethernet Service Definitions — 2018 Dec
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, Operator Carrier Ethernet
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 10.4 Subscriber Ethernet Services Attributes — 2018 Dec
Product Portfolio: Subscriber Carrier Ethernet, Carrier Ethernet
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 26.2 External Network Network Interface (ENNI) and Operator Service Attributes — 2016 Aug
Product Portfolio: Carrier Ethernet, Operator Carrier Ethernet
This document contains specifications for interconnecting Operator CENs in order to support MEF Forum Ethernet Services.
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Whether you are upgrading your Ethernet services to take advantage of the latest enhancements, including the ability to orchestrate the buying/selling and delivery of Ethernet services, or getting into the Ethernet services business for the first time, MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet is your standard for success.
With major industry stakeholders from across the globe participating as members,MEF provides an excellent opportunity to engage more deeply within the market outside of traditional channels. Actively participating in CE services development work gives you the opportunity to lead initiatives that influence industry best practices, including automated business functionalities and certification. Our current initiatives are available in the MEF 3.0 CE Service Hub on the MEF Members’ Wiki.
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