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Work of MEF: Enabling Operator Dynamic Connectivity Services
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MEF’s Evolution to Dynamic Services
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Market Survey – Top Drivers and Challenges
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Work of MEF3
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MEF – Historical View
• Established: 2001, non-profit• Goal: Ethernet from the LAN to WAN – Metro E• Results: A growing, $80B+ annual market for
Carrier Ethernet (CE) services and products• How: A comprehensive framework of
standardized connectivity services– Business services, mobile backhaul– Local, regional, national, global– Supporting certification & marketing
programs
*IHS Market Report
SPs Vendors Others
210+ Member Companies
NA EMEA APAC CALA
Global Contributions
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MEF Standardized Carrier Ethernet Services
Globally Adopted, Certifiable, Connectivity
Services Framework
Retail (EVC Services)
E-Line
E-LAN
E-Tree
Wholesale (OVC Services)
E-Access
E-Transit
Access E-Line Access E-LAN
Transit E-Line Transit E-LAN
145 Companies5200 Professionals
Certified
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MEF & The Digital Economy
• Hyper-connected
• On-Demand and Agile
• Assured and Secure
• Machine Automation
• Clouds
• Cloud Applications
Building on the global CE 2.0 footprint, enable the creation of network services
with the agility, assurance, and automation required to address complex
networking needs of the digital economy.
Provide an on-demand, cloud-centric experience with user and application-
directed control over network resources & service capabilities.
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Shift to Third Network Services Is Well Underway
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Top Deployment Challenges% Serious + Major Challenges
#1 Orchestration over multiple providernetworks
❖ Inadequacy of current OSS/BSS systems❖ Integration of new dynamic services with
legacy services infrastructures
Top Drivers and Challenges
What do you believe are the most important drivers and challenges for deploying agile/dynamic, assured and orchestrated services?
Top Purchase Drivers% Key + Very Important Drivers
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❖ #1 Faster service provisioning
❖ Rapid adjustments to existing services ❖ Ability for customer to scale bandwidth on-
demand
88% 91%
Source (Joint MEF-Vertical Systems Group): Emerging Third Network Services Enabled by LSO, SDN and NFV Study (January 2017)Survey of MEF Community – October 2016
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MEF Changing Business Model
Liaisons to SDOs
Open Source Projects
Collaboration
MEF Agile Development Lifecycle
Accelerator
MEF Reference Implementations
PlatformMEF Dev.
Community
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Lifecycle Service Orchestration
MEF Areas of Work and Products
Applications*
Services
Reference Implementations
Certifications
Education and Training
Standards and LSO APIs
Solution Areas Products
* Launching October 2017
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MEF 3.0: Launching Nov – 2017 Global Services Framework
Open LSO APIs
LSO APIs for orchestration across• Multiple service providers• Multiple network technology
domainsReference implementations
Orchestrated Services
Carrier Ethernet WavelengthIPSD-WANSecurity-as-a-Service, Application performance
Community
Service providersTechnology vendorsCertified professionalsDeveloper communityEnterprise Advisory Council
On-Demand Certification
Cloud-based test platformSubscription-based certification of services & LSO APIs
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MEF 3.0 Services
Service Provider ”X” Service Provider “Y”Mobile
Residential
Cloud Provider
Data Center
Internet
Cloud Provider
Enterprise
SDN NFV Legacy NetworksSDN NFV Legacy Networks
Self-serviceWeb Portal
Agile, Assured and
Orchestrated
Expanded Standardized Services Portfolio
Security Services
Optical CarrierEthernet
IP Services
L4-L7Point
Services
AppServices
SD-WAN
MEF 3.0 Example: New Underlying SpecificationsGenerations MEF 3.0 CE
Dimension CE Services CE Services Release 1 Orchestration (optional)
Characteristics Multi-CoS, Managed, Interconnected Assure, Agile, Orchestrated Intra & Inter Carrier
Services E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree and E-AccessE-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, Access E-Line, Access E-LAN
Transit E-Line and Transit E-LAN
Intra: Presto Release 1:• Network Resource Provisioning
Inter: Sonata Release 1:• Address & Site Validation,• Product Offering Qualification• Ordering
Supporting Technical Specifications and Implementation Agreements
Service Definitions MEF 6.1, 33 MEF 6.2, 51
Service Attributes & IAs MEF 10.2,13, 20, 22.1, 23.1 26.1MEF 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, MEF 13, 20, 22.2, 22.2.1, 23.2,
23.2.1, 26.2, 41, 43, 45, 45.0.1, 47
Service Management MEF 7.1, 16, 17, 30, 31 MEF 17, 30.1, 30.1.1, 35.1
Service Activation - MEF 46, 48, 49
Service Orchestration -MEF 50.1, 52, 53, 54, 57
MEF 7.3, 31, 31.0.1, 36.1, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 55,56
FRAMEWORKFRAMEWORK
LSO and MEF 3.0
Network Operator 2Network Operator 1
UserService
Endpoint
UserService
Endpoint
OperatorService Endpoint
End-to-End Network-as-a-Service
Self-serviceWeb Portal
LSO Interlude
Cloud ServiceProvider
LSO Presto
SDN Switch
LSO SonataLSO Cantata
LSO Allegro LSO Legato
Packet PNFs
UNI
Business Applications
UNI ENNI
SOF SOF
• Fulfillment• Performance• Control• Assurance
• Usage• Analytics• Security• Policy
CAPABILITIES
LSO Legato
LSO Presto
Packet PNFs
Traditional EMS
SDN Controller
NFV MANO
Packet SDN Controller
Head Office
Business Applications
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Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) Projects
FRAMEWORK
Business Applications
Service Orchestration
FRAMEWORK
Service Provider 2Service Provider 1
UserService
Endpoint
UserService
Endpoint
Self-service Web Portal
Cloud ServiceProvider
UNIUNI ENNI
Head Office
Customer Facing
Open APIs
Inter-Carrier
Open APIs
Business Applications
Service Orchestration
Technology DomainsOpen APIs
Technology DomainsOpen APIs
InitiatingService Providers
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Network Level Orchestration Open APIs
Reference Implementations: Accelerating MEF 3.0
Fulfillment Performance Policy
Control Assurance Usage
Security
Analytics
Service Orchestration
Technology Domains
Service Level Orchestration Open APIs
Open APIs
NFVData Center Packet WAN Optical TransportSD-WAN Cloud Exchange 5G Wireless
Services
Orchestrated Services
E-Line E-LAN E-Tree E-AccessSECaaS
E-Transit
Internet Access L3 VPNs IP TransitWavelength
AppServices
Platform
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Cloud/Subscription Testing for MEF 3.0 CertificationsIometrix, MEF’s Authorized Testing Provider is introducing a test platform enabling users to test from the cloud via a user-friendly portal, software-based probes acquired on a subscription basis
Cloud Manager
This is the ‘intelligence’ of the platform where test cases are created, executed, computed and logged
User Portal
This is the user-facing interface connected to the cloud that allows users to perform all functions, from set up to testing to reviewing results
Software Probes
The powerful test software runs on commonly available white boxes
MEF Services Network
Iometrix APIClient Emulator
Iometrix Software Probe
Iometrix Test User Portal
FRAMEWORK
Cloud Test Manager
UNI ENNI UNI ENNI
Iometrix Software Probe
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MEF 3.0: Transforming Certification
MEF CERTIFICATION FEATURES
Carrier Ethernet Services & Equipment certification
Per service/per product certification testing
Subscription-based, unlimited MEF 3.0 certification testing:
• Services/Equipment when enhanced (new features)
• All equipment in a product series (existing and future)
• All interface speeds, all access types, all transport technologies
Subscriptions include all CE Services & related LSO APIs.
CE 2.0 MEF 3.0
• Services/Equipment when upgraded (new software)
Future subscriptions planned for Optical/Wavelength and IP Services.
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MEF Registry: The World’s Dashboard for Connectivity Services
• Presents aggregated certified credentials of each organization
• Custom, user-defined description of services, links to products
• Data-driven API reflects up-to-the-moment capability status
• Perfect for 3rd party validation of capabilities, sales opportunities, partner readiness
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MEF Network Professional Certification FrameworkFo
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MEF Network Foundations (MEF-NF)
Exp
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Network Master Practitioner(4 Professional Level Certifications)
Certified Network Expert(Network Master Practitioner +
Vendor-Specific Certification Stack)
Pro
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Leve
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Ethernet Certified Professional(MEF-CECP)
MEF SDN & NFV Technologies
MEF LSO and Orchestration Technologies
Programmable Network Security
Network Design &
Architecture
Produced by MEF in association with leading industry groups worldwide
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MEF 3.0 Launch at MEF17
• Members-Only Webinar Thu, 19 Oct• Final Launch Prep in Raleigh Mon – Thu, 23 - 26 Oct• Media Alert – MEF 3.0 at MEF17 Tue, 24 Oct• Press/Analyst Briefing Mon, 13 Nov• MEF Workshops Mon, 13 Nov• MEF 3.0 Certification Demo Mon, 13 Nov• MEF 3.0 Launch PR Tue, 14 Nov
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MEF 3.0 Public Launch Deliverables
• New MEF Branding (Logos, look and feel)
• Updated MEF Messaging
• MEF 3.0 Technical Foundations Document
• MEF 3.0 Certification Blueprint
• Introductory Video
• FAQ’s, Information Sheets etc.
• Member Presentation Materials
• Certification Demonstration
• Press Release
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A Few Words From MEF President Nan Chen
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1:42 min
Sponsored by:
Rick BauerDirector of Certification, MEF
Work of MEF: Enabling Operator Dynamic Connectivity Services
45 min
