MEF Certification Programs

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MEF Certification Programs
Prabu Kuppuswamy Technical Development
Manager SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS Prabu.kuppuswamy_at_sp
irent.com
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MEF Certification Program Topics

• Program Overview
• Benefits of the program
• MEF 9 MEF 14
• CES MEF 18 and MEF 21
• Certified Companies
• The Program in 2009

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Key Benefits of Certification

• Key Benefits for the Enterprise/ SPs/NEMs
• Designed to assure business users that services
  behave and perform according to agreed service
  level specification and known international
  standards
• Reduces service costs, charges and time on
  complex testing between vendors, especially on
  global installations
• Dramatically reduces testing costs,
  time-to-market and installation time
• Provides common terminology to compare services
• Are you MEF Certified Compliant? - Now a
  common feature of RFQs.

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MEF Certification Program
For Equipment Vendors and Service Providers

• Assures service providers that Carrier Ethernet
  equipment complies with MEF Specifications
• Assures enterprises that Certified Carrier
  Ethernet services will perform to defined service
  level specifications minimizes risk
• An enabler of SP-SP Wholesale Interconnect

Are you MEF compliant? now seen in RFPs
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Looking Ahead MEF Technical Dashboard
Sept 2009
Test and Measurement Area
Management Area
Architecture Area
Service Area
MEF 9 Abstract Test Suite for Ethernet Services
at the UNI (TS)
MEF 7 EMS - NMS Information Model (TS)
MEF 2 Protection Framework and Requirements (TS)
MEF 6.1 Ethernet Services Definitions Phase 2
(TS)
MEF 3 Circuit Emulation Service Requirements
(TS)
MEF 14 Abstract Test Suite for Traffic
Management Phase 1 (TS)
MEF 15 Requirements for Management of Carrier
Ethernet Phase 1 Network Elements (TS)
MEF 4 Carrier Ethernet Network Architecture
Framework Part 1 Generic Framework (TS)
MEF 18 Abstract Test Suite for CES over Ethernet
(TS)
MEF 16 Ethernet Local Management Interface
E-LMI (TS)
MEF 11 - UNI Framework and Requirements (TS)
MEF 8 Emulation of PDH over MENs (IA)
MEF 19 Abstract Test Suite for UNI Type 1 (TS)
MEF 17 Service OAM Requirements and Framework (TS)
MEF 12 Carrier Ethernet Network Architecture
Framework Part 2 Ethernet Services Layer (TS)
MEF 10.1 Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 2 (TS)
MEF 13 User Network Interface Type 1 (IA)
MEF 21 UNI Type 2 Test Suite (TS) Part 1 link
OAM
MEF 22 Mobile Backhaul (IA)
EMS-NMS Information Model (TS) Phase 2
MEF 20 UNI Type 2 (IA)
Service OAM Performance Management (IA)
MEF 23 Carrier Ethernet Class of Service (IA)
MEF 24 UNI Type 2 Test Suite (TS) Part 2 E-LMI
External NNI (ENNI) Phase 1 (TS)
Service OAM Fault Management (IA)
MEF 10.1.1 AmendmentAttribute Enhancements
MEF 25 UNI Type 2 Test Suite (TS) Part 3 Service
OAM
Ethernet Service Constructs (TS)
Delivered Throughput (IA)
Abstract Test Suite for ENNI (TS) Part 1 Basic
ATS
MEF 10.2 Ethernet Services Document Alignment
Abstract Test Suite for ENNI (TS) Part 3
Protection ATS
MEF 12 Network Architecture Framework Update
Ethernet Services Amendment New Bandwidth Profile
NID Specification (TS)
Mobile Backhaul (IA) Phase 2
Carrier Ethernet Class of Service (IA) Phase 2
TS Technical Specification IA Implementation
Agreement
Notes MEF 6.1 replaced MEF 6. MEF 10.1 replaced
MEF 10, which replaced MEF 1 and MEF 5.
MEF 10.1.1 is an amendment to MEF 10.1
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The MEF Certification Program Milestones
Sept 2009
First 16 Equipment Manufacturers, 39 Products
Certified to MEF 9 (UNI) Announced
Program Launched with Iometrix
First 7 Carriers 21 Services Certified to MEF
9 (UNI) Announced
First Traffic Managementfor Equipment
Manufacturers (MEF 14) Announced
April 2005
First 11 Service Providers Certified to MEF 14
Sept 2005
First Equipment Manufacturers Certificated to
MEF 18 Announced
April 2006
June 2006
First Equipment Manufacturers Certificated to
MEF 21 Announced
June 2007
June 2008
Sept 2009
Program Totals 500 Systems, 75 Equipment
Manufacturers, 30 Service Providers
Certified 1000s Tests Conducted, 750
Certifications Granted
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MEF 9 Certification
MEF 9 Certification - Abstract Test Suite for
Ethernet Services at the UNI Executes tests
against procedures defined in MEF 9 Abstract
Test Suite for Ethernet Services at the UNI.  
The purpose of MEF 9 is to verify that E-Line and
E-LAN Ethernet Services delivered by a Carrier
Ethernet Network to the Subscriber across the UNI
comply with the EVC and UNI Services Attributes
defined in MEF 10 Ethernet Services Attributes
Phase 1, the Ethernet Services definitions
defined in MEF 6.1  Metro Ethernet Services
Definitions Phase 1, and MEF 11 specified
required attributes.
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MEF 14 - Abstract Test Suite for Traffic
Management Phase 1
MEF 14 Certification - Abstract Test Suite for
Traffic Management Phase 1 Executes tests
against procedures defined in MEF 14 Abstract
Test Suite for Traffic Management Phase 1. 
Introduces Standards Based SLS/SLA Verification
of Carrier Ethernet Service Quality

• Based on Traffic Management specifications in MEF
  10
• Ethernet Service Performance Attributes
• Frame Delay Service Performance
• Frame Delay Variation Service Performance
• Frame Loss Ratio Service Performance
• Measured per EVC and per Class of Service
• Requires continuous, accurate, accountable
  measurements on operational networks

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MEF 18 Circuit Emulation Services (CES)
MEF 18 Certification - Abstract Test Suite for
Circuit Emulation Services over Ethernet
Executes tests against procedures defined in
MEF 18 Abstract Test Suite for Circuit Emulation
Services over Ethernet. 

• CES is a major step in industrys progression
  toward entirely converged networks
• The purpose of MEF 18 is to verify that T1,
  E1, T3 and E3 Services transported over Ethernet
  comply with the requirements defined in MEF 8
  Implementation Agreement for the Emulation of PDH
  Circuits over Metro Ethernet Networks and the
  Circuit Emulation Services Definitions defined in
  MEF 3 Circuit Emulation Service Definitions,
  Framework and Requirements in Metro Ethernet
  Networks.

TDM Source
TDM
TDM Jitter/Wander Analyzer
CES
CES
CES IWF Under Test
CES IWF Under Test
ITU-T G.823 and G.824 masks
Emulated Network MEF-18 or Custom
scenarios Precise, Dynamic, Customizable and
Repeatable Delay and Impairments
External Timing Source
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MEF 21 Certification
MEF 21 Certification - Abstract Test Suite for
UNI Type 2 - Part 1 Link OAM Executes tests
against procedures defined in MEF 21 Abstract
Test Suite for UNI Type 2 - Part 1 Link OAM.  
MEF 21 defines test procedures based on a
combination of requirements for Link OAM
described in the UNI Type 2 Implementation
Agreement, in clause 57 of IEEE 802.3-2005 and
covers the Link OAM functions defined in MEF 20
UNI Type 2 Implementation Agreement.   MEF 21
Certification sets the industry benchmark for
Link OAM compliance.  Service providers are
increasingly opting for Link OAM, reassuring them
that certified implementations fully comply with
specifications.
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MEF 21 Certification
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MEF Certifications
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MEF Certified Companies
January 2009
Growth Continues 160 Certified Services, 500
Certified Systems, 1000s tests
27 Service Providers Certified
MEF Certification Lab
67 Equipment Manufacturers Certified
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