Learn

Product Portfolio: APIs

MEF 80 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.

Learn More

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

Amends: 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

Learn More

SDK R5 LSO Sonata SDK Release Candidate 5 — 2020 Jul

Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata

This SDK release aligns the API schemas and definitions for Serviceability (Address Validation, Site Queries, Product Offering Qualification) and Product Inventory to the latest versions of MEF 79 and MEF 81 Draft Standards.

Learn More

MEF 82 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).

Learn More

MEF 78.1 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)

Learn More

SDK R4 LSO Legato SDK Release Candidate 4 — 2020 Jul

Primary Resource for: LSO Legato

Product Portfolio: LSO Legato

MEF LSO Legato SDK core includes API definitions for the following functional areas:
• Service Catalog
• Service Ordering
• Service Inventory
• Service Notification

In addition to the Service Provisioning APIs, the SDK includes the following MEF Service Specification schemas:
• SD-WAN Services
• Carrier Ethernet Services
• L1 Connectivity Services

Learn More

Simplifying NFV Operations in the WAN with LSO and Lean NFV — 2020 Jun

Product Portfolio: Intra-Provider APIs

Tags: NFV

This document is aimed at Information and Communications Technology Service Providers (ICT-SPs) that are experiencing challenges scaling adoption of NFV in their WAN infrastructure.

Learn More

MEF LSO Sonata APIs – Frequently Asked Questions — 2021 Nov

Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata

MEF LSO Sonata APIs – Frequently Asked Questions

Learn More

Standardized VNF License Management Framework — 2020 Apr

Product Portfolio: Intra-Provider APIs

Tags: NFV, VNF

This White Paper is aimed at Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and their VNF vendors who are currently challenged with introducing large numbers of VNFs into the Service Provider’s environment due to high overhead involved in agreeing and managing VNF licenses.

Learn More

The Case for Standardized and Automated Inter-Provider Business Interface — 2020 Feb

Also See: Business and Operational Aspects of Implementing LSO Sonata

Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata

Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata, Carrier Ethernet

This paper is aimed at those decision makers within ICT-SPs (Information and Communications Technologies Service Providers including traditional telcos, MSOs, MNOs, cloud operators and other entities involved in wholesale supply of data services) and their wholesale data services partners that are discussing adoption of standardized and automated inter-provider business interfaces.

Learn More