Metro Ethernet Forum
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The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) was founded in 2002. It is a non-profit international industry consortium, dedicated to worldwide adoption of Carrier Ethernet networks and services.
The Forum is comprised of leading service providers, major incumbent local exchange carriers, top network equipment vendors and other prominent networking companies that share an interest in Metro Ethernet. It has 100 members as of December, 2006.
The MEF is a combination of a technical and marketing forum to promote the adoption of Metro Ethernet. This is a key differentiator from common standard bodies such as the IETF and IEEE. The Forum makes recommendations to existing standards bodies and creates specifications that are not being developed by (or fall within the scope of) other standards bodies.
[edit] Technical Specifications
As of February 2007, the MEF has approved 16 technical specifications (see the full list):
- MEF 2 Requirements and Framework for Ethernet Service Protection
- MEF 3 Circuit Emulation Service Definitions, Framework and Requirements in Metro Ethernet Networks
- MEF 4 Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework Part 1: Generic Framework
- MEF 6 Metro Ethernet Services Definitions Phase I
- MEF 7 EMS-NMS Information Model
- MEF 8 Implementation Agreement for the Emulation of PDH Circuits over Metro Ethernet Networks
- MEF 9 Abstract Test Suite for Ethernet Services at the UNI
- MEF 10.1 Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 2 (supersedes MEF 10, below) -
- MEF 11 User Network Interface (UNI) Requirements and Framework
- MEF 12 Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework Part 2: Ethernet Services Layer
- MEF 13 User Network Interface (UNI) Type 1 Implementation Agreement
- MEF 14 Abstract Test Suite for Traffic Management Phase 1
- MEF 15 Requirements for Management of Metro Ethernet Phase 1 Network Elements
- MEF 16 Ethernet Local Management Interface
