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Term Description MEF Specification
3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project 22
AAL1 ATM Adaptation Layer 1 8, 11
Access Link A link that represents connectivity to External
Reference Points of the MEN
2
ADM Add Drop Multiplexer 2
AIS Alarm Indication Signal 3, 8, 11,20, 25
Alarm Status Indicates the occurrence of an abnormal condition.
Values for alarm status include: critical, major,
minor, indeterminate, warning, pending, and cleared
15
All to One Bundling A UNI attribute in which all CE-VLAN IDs are
associated with a single EVC
6, 6.1, 19, 7, 9, 10,
10.1, 14, 15
ALNP Aggregated Line and Node Protection 2
ANSI American National Standards Institute 3, 8, 11
APCP Application Protection Constraint Policy 2
APP Application Layer, Application Services Layer 12, 17, 4
APS Automatic Protection Switch, Automatic Protection
Switching
2, 3
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode 4, 8, 11
Availability Performance A measure of the percentage of time that a service is
useable.
10.1
Bandwidth Profile A characterization of ingress Service Frame arrival
times and lengths at a reference point and a
specification of the disposition of each Service
Frame based on its level of compliance with the
Bandwidth Profile. In this document the reference
point is the UNI
19, 6, 6.1, 10, 14,
15, 7, 9
Bandwidth profile per CoS ID A UNI service attribute 6, 6.1
Bandwidth profile per EVC A UNI service attribute 6, 6.1
Bandwidth profile per ingress
UNI
A UNI service attribute 6, 6.1
BBER Background Block Error Ratio 3
BER Bit Error Rate, Bit Error Ratio 2, 3
BLSR Bi-directional Line Switched Ring, Bi-directional Line
Switching Redundancy
3, 2
BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit 2
Broadcast Service Frame A Service Frame that has a broadcast destination
MAC address.
7, 15, 19, 10, 10.1,
14
Broadcast Service Frame
Delivery
An EVC service attribute 6, 6.1
Bundling A UNI attribute in which more than one CE-VLAN ID 19, 10, 9, 10.1, 14,
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can be associated with an EVC 7, 15, 6, 6.1
BW Bandwidth 20
BWP Bandwidth Profile 12
Carrier Ethernet Carrier Ethernet is a ubiquitous, standardized,
carrier-class network and service defined by five
attributes that distinguish it from familiar LAN based
Ethernet. These are Standardized Services,
Scalability, Reliability, Quality of Service and Service
Management

CAS Channel Associated Signaling 3, 8, 11
CBS Committed Burst Size 6, 6.1, 7, 8, 10,
10.1, 11, 13, 14, 15,
19
CCM Connectivity Check Message 20, 25
CCS Common Channel Signaling 3, 8, 11
CE Customer Equipment, Carrier Ethernet, Customer
Edge, Circuit Emulation
2, 3, 4, 6, 6.1, 7, 8,
9, 10, 10.1, 11, 12,
14, 15, 16,
19,20,22, 24
CEN Carrier Ethernet Network. Within the context of the
MEF specifications, Metro Ethernet and Carrier
Ethernet or MENs and CENs can be used
interchangeably
2, 4, 6, 6.1, 7, 8, 9,
11, 12, 15, 16, 3,
17,22, 23
CES Circuit Emulation Services 2, 7, 15, 3, 8, 11
CESoETH Circuit Emulation Services over Ethernet 8, 11
CE-VLAN CoS Customer Edge VLAN CoS. The user_priority bits in
the IEEE 802.1Q Tag in a Service Frame that is either
tagged or priority tagged.
6, 6.1, 10, 10.1, 14,
19, 7, 15
CE-VLAN CoS Preservation An EVC service attribute 6, 6.1
CE-VLAN ID The identifier derivable from the content of a
Service Frame that allows the Service Frame to be
associated with an EVC at the UNI. Customer Edge
VLAN ID. The identity of the VLANs on the Ethernet
port of the customer equipment that is attached to
the UNI.
13, 10, 10.1, 14, 19,
15, 6, 6.1, 7, 9
CE-VLAN ID / EVC Map A UNI service attribute 6, 6.1
CE-VLAN ID Preservation An EVC attribute in which the CE-VLAN ID of an
egress Service Frame is identical in value to the CE-
VLAN ID of the corresponding ingress Service Frame
19, 6, 6.1, 7, 10,
10.1, 14, 15
CE-VLAN ID/EVC Map An association of CE-VLAN IDs and EVCs at a UNI. 7, 15, 19, 9. 10,
10.1, 14
CE-VLAN Tag Customer Edge VLAN Tag. The IEEE 802.1Q Tag in a
tagged Service Frame.
6, 6.1, 7, 9, 10,
10.1, 14, 19, 15
CE-VLAN tag preservation A set of EVC service attributes 6, 6.1
CF Coupling Flag 6, 6.1, 8, 10, 10.1,
11, 14, 19, 15
CFI Canonical Format Indicator 12
CFM Connectivity Fault Management 20
CI Characteristic Information 4, 12
CIR Committed Information Rate 2, 7, 8, 10, 10.1, 11,
13, 14, 15, 19, 6, 6.1
CIR-compliant Service frames that are compliant with the CIR of
the bandwidth profile. CIR-compliant service frames
are colored green.
7, 15
Circuit Emulation Service A service that transports TDM-based traffic over a
Metro Ethernet Network.
7, 15
Class of Service A set of Service Frames that have a commitment
from the Service Provider to receive a particular
level of performance.
19, 7, 9, 10, 10.1,
14, 15, 6, 6.1
Class of Service Identifier Information derivable from a) the EVC to which the 9, 19, 10, 14, 10.1
Service Frame is mapped, b) the combination of the
EVC to which the Service Frame is mapped and a set
of one or more CE-VLAN CoS values, c) the
combination of the EVC to which the Service Frame
is mapped and a set of one or more DSCP values, or
d) the combination of the EVC to which the Service
Frame is mapped and a set of one or more tunneled
Layer 2 Control Protocols.
Class of Service Performance A set of EVC-related service attributes 6, 6.1
CLE Customer Located Equipment 17
CLI Command Line Interface 15
CM Color Mode, Configuration Management 6, 6.1, 10, 10.1, 14,
19, 15
Color Mode CM is a Bandwidth Profile parameter. The Color
Mode parameter indicates whether the color-aware
or color-blind property is employed by the
Bandwidth Profile. It takes a value of color-blind or
color-aware only.
6, 6.1, 19, 10, 10.1,
14
Color-aware A Bandwidth Profile property where a pre-
determined level of Bandwidth Profile compliance
for each Service Frame is taken into account when
determining the level of compliance for each Service
Frame A traffic management capability used to
determine whether traffic is conformant or non-
conformant to a bandwidth profile based on
different CoS ID values.
19, 10, 10.1, 14, 7,
15
Color-blind A Bandwidth Profile property where a pre-
determined level of Bandwidth Profile compliance
for each Service Frame, if present, is ignored when
determining the level of compliance for each Service
Frame
19, 10, 10.1, 14, 7,
15
Color Forwarding An OVC attribute defining the relationship between
the Color of an egress ENNI Frame and the Color of
the corresponding ingress ENNI Frame or Service
Frame.
26
Committed Burst Size CBS is a Bandwidth Profile parameter. It limits the
maximum number of bytes available for a burst of
Service Frames sent at the UNI speed to remain CIR-
conformant. It defines the average rate in bits/s of
ingress Service Frames up to which the network
delivers Service Frames and meets the performance
objectives defined by the CoS Service Attribute
6, 6.1, 19, 10, 14,
10.1, 7, 15
Committed Information Rate CIR is a Bandwidth Profile parameter. It defines the
average rate in bits/s of ingress Service Frames up to
which the network delivers Service Frames and
meets the performance objectives defined by the
CoS Service Attribute. A Bandwidth Profile property
where a pre-determined level of Bandwidth Profile
compliance for each Service Frame, if present, is
ignored when determining the level of compliance
for each Service Frame
6, 6.1, 19, 10, 14,
15, 10.1, 7
CoS Class of Service 6, 6.1, 7, 8, 10.1, 11,
12, 15,
17, 20, 22, 23, 25
CoS ID Class of Service Identifier 20
CoS ID/ CoS Identifier Class of Service Identifier 12
Coupling Flag CF is a Bandwidth Profile parameter. The Coupling
Flag allows the choice between two modes of
operation of the rate enforcement algorithm. It
takes a value of 0 or 1 only.
6, 6.1, 10.1, 19, 15,
10, 14, 23
CPE Customer Premise Equipment 17
CR Clock Recovery. 3
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check 2, 3, 8, 11
CSPF Constriant-based Shortest Path First 2
CUET Customer Unit Edge Terminal 3
Current Problem List Identifies the current existing problems (probable
cause), with severity for an entity
15
Customer The organization purchasing and/or using Ethernet
Services. Alternate term: Subscriber
7, 15
Customer Edge Equipment on the Subscriber side of the UNI 6, 6.1, 7, 9, 15, 15,
19, 10, 10.1, 14, 23
Customer Edge VLAN CoS The Priority Code Point bits in the IEEE 802.1Q
Customer VLAN Tag in a Service Frame that is
either tagged or priority tagged.
6, 6.1, 7, 9,, 15,
10.1, 19, 14, 10, 23
Customer Edge VLAN ID The identifier derivable from the content of a
Service Frame that allows the Service Frame to be
associated with an EVC at the UNI.
6, 6.1, 19, 10, 10.1,
14, 7, 15, 23
Customer Edge VLAN Tag The IEEE 802.1Q Tag in a tagged Service Frame.
When present, it contains the customer Edge VLAN
ID and the Customer Edge VLAN CoS.
6, 6.1, 9, 10.1, 19,
10, 14, 7, 15, 23
C-VLAN Customer VLAN 12
DA Destination Address 20
Data Service Frame A Service Frame that is Unicast, Multicast, or
Broadcast.
10.1
DCE Data Circuit-terminating Equipment 2
DEI Discard Eligible Indicator 23
DI Data Instance 16, 24
DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier. A number attached
to a data frame that identifies the PVC for the data
frame.
6, 6.1
Down MEP A MEP residing in a Bridge that receives CFM
PDUs from, and transmits
25
Down-MEP A MEP in an 802.1 Bridge that sends frames away
from the Bridge Relay Entity; see [IEEE 802.1ag]
20
DP Discard Priority 12
DSL Digital Subscriber Line 2
DSTM Derived System Timing Mode. The IWF system clock
is derived from the incoming Ethernet frames.
3
DTE Data Terminal Equipment 21
DTM Derived Timing Mode The recovered service clock is
derived from the incoming Ethernet frames..
3
Dual Rate Bandwidth Profile A bandwidth profile that specifies both a CIR/CBS
and EIR/EBS.
7, 15
DUT Device Under Test 18
EAF ETH Adaptation Function 12
EBS Excess Burst Size 7, 8, 10, 10.1, 11,
13, 14, 15, 19, 23
ECDX Emulated Circuit De/Multiplexing Function 3, 8, 11
ECF ETH Connection Function, Ethernet Connection
Function
12, 2
ECID Emulated Circuit Identifier 3, 8, 11
ECT Ethernet Connectionless Trail 12
EEPP End-to-End Path Protection 2
EETF ETH EVC Termination Function 12
EFCF ETH Flow Conditioning Function 12
EFD ETH Flow Domain 12
EFM Ethernet First Mile 2
EFT Ethernet Flow Termination 3
EFTF Ethernet Flow Termination Function 8, 11, 12
Egress Bandwidth Profile A service attribute that specifies the length and 10.1, 23
arrival time characteristics of egress Service Frames
at the egress UNI.
Egress Frame A service frame sent from the Service Provider
network to the CE.
7
Egress Service Frame A service frame sent from the Service Provider
network to the CE.
9, 19, 10, 10.1, 14,
15, 6, 6.1, 23
EI External Interface 23
EIR Excess Information Rate 2, 6, 6.1, 7, 8, 10,
10.1, 11, 13, 14, 15,
19, 23
EIR-compliant Service frames that are compliant with the EIR of
the bandwidth profile. EIR-compliant service frames
may be colored green or yellow depending upon
whether they are CIR-compliant or not, respectively.
7, 15
E-LAN An Ethernet service type that is based on a
Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC
6, 6.1, 2, 9, 20
E-LAN Service Ethernet LAN Service 10, 10.1, 14, 19, 23
E-Line An Ethernet service type that is based on a Point-to-
Point EVC
6, 6.1, 2, 3, 8, 11,
20
E-Line Service An Ethernet service type that is based on a Point-to-
Point EVC.
23
E-LMI Ethernet Layer Management Interface 15, 17,20, 24
EMS Element Management System 25, 17
ENNI External Network to Network Interface 15, 15, 17, 23, 26
ENNI Frame The first bit of the Destination Address to the last bit
of the Frame Check Sequence of the Ethernet Frame
transmitted across the ENNI.
26
ENNI MTU MTU of an ENNI frame at the ENNI 26
ENNI-Ni The functional element of the ENNI separately
administered by the Operator of the ith Operator
MEN.
26
EoS Ethernet over Sonet 2
EoSONET Ethernet over SONET 17
EPCF ETH Provider Conditioning Function 12
EPL Ethernet Private Line 6, 6.1, 8, 11,22, 23
EP-LAN Ethernet Private LAN 22
EP-Tree Ethernet Private Tree 22
ES Errored Second 3, 8, 11
ESCF ETH Subscriber Conditioning Function. Ethernet
Subscriber Conditioning Function
12, 17
ESD Ethernet Services Definition 4
ESF Extended Super Frame 3, 8, 11
ESM Ethernet Services Model 4
ESR Errored Second Ratio 3, 8, 11
ETH Ethernet Services Layer 2, 4, 12, 17
ETH FPP An Ethernet Flow Point Pool that represents an
Ethernet UNI or ENNI.
15
ETH-AIS Ethernet Alarm Indication Signal 25
Ethernet LAN Service An Ethernet Service Type distinguished by its use of
a Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC
19, 10, 10.1, 14, 9
Ethernet Line Service An Ethernet Service Type distinguished by its use of
a Point-to-Point EVC
19, 10, 10.1, 14
Ethernet Virtual Connection An association of two or more UNIs that limits the
exchange of frames to UNIs in the Ethernet Virtual
Connection (EVC)
6, 6.1, 7, 15, 19, 9,
10, 10.1, 14, 23
EtherType Ethernet Length/Type 12
ETH-trail An ETH-trail is an ETH-layer entity responsible for
the transfer of information from the input of a trail
termination source to the output of a trail
termination sink.
2
E-Tree An Ethernet service type that is based on a Rooted-
Multipoint EVC.
6.1
E-Tree Service An Ethernet service type that is based on a Rooted-
Multipoint EVC.
23
ETY Ethernet Physical Layer 7, 15
EVC Ethernet Virtual Connection. An association of two
or more UNIs that limits the exchange of frames to
UNIs in the Ethernet Virtual Connection
3, 2, 4, 6, 6.1, 7, 8,
9, 10, 10.1, 11, 12,
14, 15, 16, 17, 19,
13, ,20,22,23,24, 25
EVC ID The Identifier for an EVC 20
EVC Maximum Transmission
Unit Size
The maximum sized Service Frame allowed for an
EVC.
10.1
EVC MTU Size The maximum sized Service Frame allowed for an
EVC.
6.1, 1 0.1
EVC-MA Ethernet Virtual Connection Maintenance
Association
25
EVPL Ethernet Virtual Private Line 6, 6.1, 8, 11,22, 23
EVP-LAN Ethernet Virtual Private LAN 22, 23
EVP-Tree Ethernet Virtual Private Tree 22
Excess Burst Size EBS is a Bandwidth Profile parameter. It limits the
maximum number of bytes available for a burst of
ingress Service Frames sent at the UNI speed to
remain EIR-conformant
6, 6.1, 19, 10, 14,
15, 10.1, 7, 23
Excess Information Rate EIR is a Bandwidth Profile parameter. It defines the
average rate in bits/s of ingress Service Frames up to
which the network may deliver Service Frames
without any performance objectives. The rate up to
which the network will attempt to deliver Ethernet
service frames before they are discarded.
6, 6.1, 19, 10, 14,
15, 10.1, 7, 23
External Interface Defined physical demarcation point between the
MEN and outside, across which Ethernet Service
Frames are presented.
23
FCS Frame Check Sequence 8, 11, 12
FD Frame Delay 10, 10.1, 14, 15,
19,22, 23
FDL Facility Data Link 3, 8, 11
FDV Frame Delay Variation (Often misquoted as Jitter) 10, 10.1, 14, 17,
19,22, 23
FDX Full Duplex 6, 6.1, 7, 15
FE Functional Element 4
FER Frame Error Ratio 3, 8, 11
FLR Frame Loss Ratio 10, 10.1, 14, 17,
19,22, 23
FM Fault Management 25
FPP Flow Point Pool 12
Frame Short for Ethernet Frame 6, 6.1, 19, 7, 10,
10.1, 13, 14, 15, 23
Frame Delay The time required to transmit a Service Frame from
ingress UNI to egress UNI.
6, 6.1, 10.1, 19, 10,
14, 15, 23
Frame Delay Performance A measure of the delays experienced by Service
Frames belonging to the same CoS instance
10, 10.1, 14, 15, 19,
23
Frame Delay Variation The difference in delay of two Service Frames 6, 6.1, 19, 10, 10.1,
14, 15, 23
Frame Delay Variation
Performance
A measure of the variation in the delays experienced
by different Service Frames belonging to the same
10, 10.1, 14, 15, 19,
23
CoS instance.
Frame Loss Ratio
Performance
Frame Loss Ratio is a measure of the number of lost
frames between the ingress UNI and the egress UNI.
Frame Loss Ratio is expressed as a percentage.
10.1, 19, 10, 14, 15,
23
Frame Short for Ethernet Frame 9
GARP Generic Attribute Registration Protocol 2, 20
GbE Gigabit Ethernet 4
GIWF Generic Inter-working Function 22
Global Interconnect The totality of interconnected autonomous Carrier
Ethernet networks to enable standardized and
streamlined delivery of MEF-certified Carrier
Ethernet services with end-to-end Class of Service,
management and protection, worldwide

GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation 2
HDX Half Duplex 7, 15
HOVC Higher Order Virtual Container 3
IA Implementation Agreement 3, 8, 11, 20
IE Information Element 15
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 4, 8, 11
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force 2, 3, 8, 11, 16
IGP Interior Gateway Protocol 2
Ingress Bandwidth Profile A characterization of ingress Service Frame arrival
times and lengths at the ingress UNI and a
specification of disposition of each Service Frame
based on its level of compliance with the
characterization.
10.1, 23
Ingress Frame A service frame sent from the CE to the Service
Provider network.
7, 15
Ingress Service Frame A Service Frame sent from the CE into the Service
Provider network
19, 10, 10.1, 14, 6,
6.1, 23
Ingress Service Frame A Service Frame sent from the CE into the Service
Provider network.
9
Ingress The direction from the CE into the Service Provider
network.
13
I-NNI Internal NNI 17
ITU International Telecommunication Union 2, 4, 16
ITU-T International Telecommunication Union
Telecommunication standardization sector
3, 8, 11
IWF Interworking Function 4, 3, 8, 11
L1 Layer One 4
L2 Layer Two 4
L2+ Layer(s) above L2 4
L2CP Layer Two Control Protocols 12, 20
LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol 2, 20
LAG Link Aggregation Group 2, 2, 20
LAN Local Area network 2, 4, 12
LANE ATM LAN Emulation 17
Layer 2 Control Protocol
Service Frame
A Service Frame that is used for Layer 2 control,
e.g., Spanning Tree Protocol.
23, 6, 6.1, 19, 9,
10, 10.1, 13, 14
Layer 2 Control Protocol
Service Frame Delivery
The process by which a Layer 2 Control Protocol
Service Frame is passed through the Service
Provider network switches without being processed
by those switches and delivered to the proper
UNI(s).
6, 6.1
Layer 2 Control protocol
Tunneling
The process by which a Layer 2 Control protocol
Service Frame is passed through the Service
Provider network without being processed and
9, 19, 10, 10.1, 14,
23
delivered unchanged to the proper UNI(s).
LB Loop Back 20
LBM Loopback Message 20, 25
LBR Loopback Reply 20, 25
Link An ETH link or TRAN link 2
Link OAM OAM specific to a single link as per clause 57 of [IEEE
802.3]
20
LLC Logical Link Control 12
LOF Loss of Frame, Loss of Frame Alignment 2, 8, 11
LOFS Loss of Frames State 8, 11
LOH Line OverHead 3
LOPS Loss Of Packet Synchronization 3
LOS Loss of Signal 2, 3, 8, 11
LOVC Lower Order Virtual Container 3
LSP Label Switched Path 2
LSR Label Switched Router 2
LTE Line Termination Equipment 3
MA Maintenance Association 25
MAC Media Access Control 2, 4, 12, 16, 17, 8,
11,25, 24
MAID Maintenance Association Identifier 25
Mapper A device or logic that implements a mapping
function
3
Mapping The process of associating each bit transmitted by
the service into the SDH/SONET payload structure
that carries the service. For example, mapping a
DS1 service into SONET VT-1.5 / SDH VC-11
associate each bit of the DS1 with a location in the
VT-1.5/VC-11
3
Maximum number of EVCs A UNI service attribute ? 6, 6.1
Maximum Number of UNIs The maximum number of UNIs that may be in an
EVC.
10.1
MCF MAC Convergence Function 12
MD Maintenance Domain 20,25, 25
ME Maintenance Entity 17,20, 25
Mean time to restore The mean time from when a service is unavailable to
the time it becomes available again
2
MEF Metro Ethernet Forum 2, 4, 16
MEF Specifications A list of MEF Specifications
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 6.1 Metro Ethernet Services Definitions Phase 2 (PDF
6/08)

MEF 7.1 Phase 2 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 10.2 MEF 10.2 Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 2 (Oct
2009)

MEF 11 User Network Interface (UNI) Requirements and
Framework
MEF 12 Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework
Part 2: Ethernet Services Layer

MEF 12.1 Carrier Ethernet Network Architecture Framework
Part 2: Ethernet Services Layer - Basic Elements

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
MEF 17 Service OAM Framework and Requirements
MEF 18 Abstract Test Suite for Circuit Emulation Services
MEF 19 Abstract Test Suite for UNI Type 1
MEF 20 UNI Type 2 Implementation Agreement (PDF 8/08)
MEF 21 Abstract Test Suite for UNI Type 2 Part 1 Link OAM
MEF 22 Mobile Backhaul Implementation Agreement (2/09)
MEF 23 Class of Service Phase 1 Implementation Agreement
(supersedes any file posted here before November 3,
2009)

MEF 24 Abstract Test Suite for UNI Type 2 Part 2 E-LMI
MEF 25 Abstract Test Suite for UNI Type 2 Part 3 Service
OAM

MEF 26 External Network Network Interface (ENNI)Phase 1
MEF 26.0.1 Amendment to MEF 26. The Bandwidth Profile
Algorithm.

MEF 27 Abstract Test Suite For UNI Type 2 Part 5: Enhanced
UNI Attributes & Part 6: L2CP Handling

MEG A Maintenance Entity Group (MEG) consists of the
MEs that belong to the same service inside a
common OAM domain.
17,20, 25,26
MEG-Level Maintenance Entity Group Level 20
MEN Metro Ethernet Network. Within the context of the
MEF specifications, Metro Ethernet and Carrier
Ethernet or MENs and CENs can be used
interchangeably
2, 4, 6, 6.1, 7, 8, 9,
11, 12, 15, 16, 3,
17,22, 23
MEN-bound IWF The IWF receiving TDM data from the customers
TDM-based equipment, and forwarding this data in
the form of Ethernet frames into the MEN.
8, 11
ME-NE Metro Ethernet Network Element 15
MEP A MEG End Point (MEP) is a provisioned OAM
reference point which can initiate and terminate
proactive OAM frames. A MEP can also initiate and
react to diagnostic OAM frames.
17,20, 25
MEP ID Maintenance Entity End Point Identification 20
Metro Ethernet Network The Service Providers network providing Ethernet
services
6, 6.1, 7, 15, 23
Metro Ethernet Network
Element
A Network Element supporting Metro Ethernet
services
15
MIB Management Information Base 3, 8, 11
MIF MAC Independent Function 12
MIP MEG Intermediate Point 17, 20
MNU Maximum Number of UNIs 10.1
MP Maintenance Point. One of either a MEP or a MIP 25
MPLS Multi Protocol Label Switching 4, 2, 17
MRTIE Maximum Relative Time Interval Error 18
MTTR Mean Time To Restore 7, 15
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit 6.1,20,22, 25
MTU size The maximum sized Service Frame allowed for an
Ethernet service.
6.1
Multicast Service Frame A Service Frame that has a multicast destination
MAC address
19, 7, 10, 9, 10.1,
13, 14, 15
Multicast Service Frame
Delivery
Multiplex Transmit one or more channels over a single channel 3
Multipoint EVC An EVC with two or more UNIs. A Multipoint-to-
Multipoint EVC with two UNIs is different from a
Point-to-Point EVC because one or more additional
UNIs can be added to it.
13
Multipoint-to-Multipoint An EVC with two or more UNIs. A Multipoint-to-
7, 15
Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC An EVC with two or more UNIs. A Multipoint-to-
6, 6.1, 9, 19, 10,
10.1, 14, 23
N/A Not Applicable 6, 6.1, 23
N/S Not Specified 6, 6.1, 7, 15,22, 23
NDD Network Demarcation Device 17
NE Network Element 2, 4, 12, 17, 3,20, 25
Network Operator The Administrative Entity of a MEN. 4
NI- Network Interworking (e.g., NI-NNI) 4
NI-NNI Network Interworking NNI 17
NMS Network Management System 17, 25
NNI Network to Network Interface 3, 12, 17, 4
Node A Provider owned network element 2
NT Network Termination 4
NTP Network Time Protocol 22
OAM Operations, Administration and Maintenance 2, 16,
17,20,21,25,25, 24
OAMPDU Operation Administration and maintenance protocol
data unit
21
Operator A carrier that administers a particular MEN or
domain. If the Operator also provides the service to
the Subscriber they are also the Service Provider
23
Operator-MA Operator Maintenance Association 25
OTN Optical Transport Network 4
OVC Operator Virtual Connection 26
OVC End Point An OVC End Point is an association of an OVC with a
specific External Interface i.e., UNI, ENNI.
26
OVC ID A Operator Ethernet Virtual_Connection_ID is a
string that is unique among all OVCs in the Operator
MEN
26
P2P Point-to-Point 25
Path A succession of interconnected links at a specific
(ETH or TRANS) layer
2
PCP Priority Code Point 22
PCS Physical Coding Sub-layer 12
PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy. PDH refers to the
DS1/DS2/DS3 and E1/E3/E4 family of signals as
defined by ITU-T and ATIS.
4, 3, 8, 11, 22
PDU Protocol Data Unit 8, 11, 12,20, 25
PE Provider Edge 2, 3, 4, 12
PEC Packet based Equipment Clocks 22
PICS Protocol implementation conformance statement 21
PLL Phase Locked Loop 3
Pointer A part of the SDH/SONET overhead that locates a
floating payload structure. Frequency differences
between SDH/SONET network elements or between
the payload and the SDH/SONET equipment can be
accommodated by adjusting the pointer value.
3
Point-to-Point EVC An EVC with exactly 2 UNIs. 6, 6.1, 9, 19, 7, 10,
10.1, 13, 14, 15, 23
PRBS Pseudo-Random Binary Sequence 18
PRM Protection Reference Model 2
Protection merge point A point in which the protection path traffic is either
merged back onto the working path or passed on to
the higher layer protocols (used in , called tail-end
switch in SONET/SDH).
2
PRS Primary Reference Source 3
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network 3
PT Polling Timer 24
PTP Precision Time Protocol 22
P-VLAN Provider VLAN 12
PVT Polling Verification Timer 24
PW Pseudo Wire 17
PWE3 Pseudo-Wire Emulation Edge to Edge (an IETF
working group)
3, 8, 11
QoS Quality of Service 2
RAN Radio Access Network 22
RAN BS RAN Base Station 22
RAN CE RAN Customer Edge 22
RAN NC RAN Network Controller 22
RDI Remote Defect Indication 3, 8, 11,20, 25
RNC Radio Network Controller 22
Rooted-Multipoint 'MEF Point to Multipoint service; see [MEF 10.1] 20
Rooted-Multipoint EVC A multipoint EVC in which each UNI is designated as
either a Root or a Leaf. Ingress Service Frames at a
Root UNI can be delivered to one or more of any of
the other UNIs in the EVC. Ingress Service Frames at
a Leaf UNI can only be delivered to one or more
Root UNIs in the EVC.
10.1, 23
RPR Resilient Packet Ring 2, 4
RSTP Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 2
RTP Real-time Transport Protocol (an IETF protocol,
described in RFC 3550)
8, 11
Scheduled Downtime A time interval agreed upon by both the Subscriber
and Service Provider during which a service may be
disabled by the Service Provider.
10.1
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy 2, 3, 4
Segment A connected subset of the trail 2
Service Frame An Ethernet frame transmitted across the UNI
toward the Service Provider or an Ethernet frame
transmitted across the UNI toward the Subscriber.
6, 6.1, 7, 9, 19, 10,
10.1, 13, 14, 15, 7,
15,21, 23
Service Frame Delivery A set of EVC service attributes 6, 6.1
Service Level Agreement The contract between the Subscriber and Service
Provider specifying the agreed to service level
commitments and related business agreements.
6, 6.1, 19, 10, 10.1,
14, 15, 7, 23
Service Level Specification The technical specification of the service being
offered by the Service Provider to the Subscriber
6, 6.1, 7, 15, 19, 10,
10.1, 14, 23
Service Multiplexing A UNI attribute in which the UNI can be in more
than one EVC instance
7, 9, 15, 13, 6, 6.1,
19, 10, 10.1, 14
Service OAM Service OAM is OAM used to monitor an individual
Service; see [ITU-T Y.1731] and [IEEE 802.1ag]
20
Service Provider The organization providing Ethernet Service(s) 9, 19, 10, 10.1, 13,
14, 6, 6.1, 15, 7, 23
SES Severely Errored Second 3
SESR Severely Errored Second Ratio 3
SF Super Frame 3, 8, 11
SI- Service Interworking (e.g., SI-NNI) 4
Single Rate Service A service that only specifies a CIR/CBS and no
EIR/EBS.
7
SI-NNI Service Interworking NNI 17
SLA Service Level Agreement 22,23, 2, 3, 6, 6.1,
7,
10, 10.1, 14, 15, 17,
19
SLS Service Level Specification 2, 3, 6, 6.1, 7, 10,
10.1, 14, 15, 17, 19,
23
SNI Service Node Interface 4, 15, 17
SOAM Service Operations, Administration, and
Maintenance
25
SONET Synchronous Optical Network 2, 3, 4
SRLG Shared Risk Link Group 2
SSM Synchronization Status Message 3
SSRC Synchronization Source (a field within the RTP
protocol, RFC 3550)
8, 11
S-Tag Service VLAN Tag. 23
STP Spanning Tree Protocol 2
Structure-agnostic Structure-agnostic emulation is the transport of
unstructured TDM, or of structured TDM when the
structure is completely disregarded by the transport
mechanism.
8, 11
Structure-aware Structure-aware emulation is the transport of
structured TDM taking at least some level of the
structure into account.
8, 11
Structure-indicated Encapsulation utilized for Structure-Aware TDM
transport where TDM structure boundaries are
indicated by pointers
8, 11
Structure-locked Encapsulation utilized for Structure-Aware TDM
transport where TDM structure boundaries are
indicated by packet payload boundaries
8, 11
Subscriber The organization or customer purchasing and/or
using Ethernet Services. Alternate term: Customer
19, 6, 6.1, 10,
910.1, 13, 14, 2, 7,
15, 16, 23
Subscriber-MA Subscriber Maintenance Association 25
Subscriber-MEG The MEG at Subscriber Level 20
S-VLAN Service VLAN (also referred to as Provider VLAN) 12
S-VLAN ID The 12 bit VID field in the S-Tag of an ENNI Frame. 26
TAF Transport Adaptation Function 12
TALS TDM Access Line Service 3, 8, 11
TCF Transport Connection Function 2
TCI Tag Control Information 12
TCP Transmission Control Protocol 2
TDM Time Division Multiplexing (examples of TDM
services include Nx6, 6.14 kbit/s, DS1, DS3, E1, E3,
OC3, STM1, OC12, STM3)
2, 8, 11, 3
TDM-bound The direction of travel of CESoETH frames within
the IWF receiving frames containing emulated circuit
data from the MEN, and forwarding TDM data to
the customers TDM-based equipment.
8, 11
TE Transport Equipment 4
Tester Special equipment used to generate and monitor
traffic for verification purposes.
9
Test-MA Test Maintenance Association 25
Test-MEG The MEG used by Service provider to test the
connectivity to UNI-C.
20
them towards, the direction of the LAN 25, 25
T-Line TDM Line Service 3, 8, 11
TLV Type, Length, Value 20,21, 24
TLV Type, Length and Value 16
TRAN Transport Layer 12, 17, 2, 4
Transparency A term used to describe that the content of a
Service Frame is delivered unaltered across a MEN
6, 6.1
Transport A specific TRANS layer technology 2
TRAN-trail A TRAN-trail (see ITU-T Recommendation G.805) is a
transport entity responsible for the transfer of
information from the input of a trail termination
source to the output of a trail termination sink.
2
TrCP Traffic Conditioning Point 17
TSP TDM Service Processing 3, 8, 11
TTF Trail Termination Function 2
UNI The UNI is the physical interface or port that is the
demarcation between the customer and the service
provider/Cable Operator/Carrier/MSO
3, 6, 6.1, 7, 8, 9, 10,
10.1, 11, 14, 15, 16,
19, 13, 2, 4, 12,
17,20,21,22,23,24,
25
UNI C A compound functional element used to represent
all of the functional elements required to connect a
MEN subscriber a MEN implementing a UNI N.
2
UNI EVC ID A UNI service attribute 6, 6.1
UNI ID The Identifier for a UNI 20
UNI Identifier A UNI service attribute 6, 6.1
UNI List An EVC service attribute 6, 6.1
UNI Maximum Transmission
Unit Size
The maximum sized Service Frame allowed at the
UNI.
10.1
UNI MTU The maximum sized Service Frame allowed at the
UNI.
6.1, 10.1
UNI-C Part of the UNI that is located at Customer
Equipment
20,21,24, 25
Unicast Service Frame A Service Frame that has a unicast destination MAC
address
9, 13, 7, 15, 19, 10,
10.1, 14
Unicast Service Frame
Delivery
UNI-MA User-to-Network Interface Maintenance Association 25
UNI-MEG UNI Maintenance Entity Group 20
UNI-N A compound functional element used to represent
all of the functional elements required to connect a
MEN to a MEN subscriber implementing a UNI C.
The functional elements within the Customer Edge
that supports the MEN Subscribers technical
capabilities and compliance to the UNI specification.
A set of one or more functional elements that
supports the MEN Service Providers technical
capabilities and compliance to the UNI specification.
2,20,21,25, 24
Unscheduled Downtime A time interval not agreed upon by both the
Subscriber and Service Provider during which the
Service Provider determines that the service is not
usable.
10.1
Up MEP A MEP residing in a Bridge that transmits CFM
PDUs towards, and receives
25
Up-MEP A MEP in an IEEE 802.1 Bridge that sends frames
toward the Bridge Relay Entity; see [IEEE 802.1ag]
20
User Network Interface The User Network Interface (UNI) is the physical
interface or port that is the demarcation between
the customer and the service provider/Cable
Operator/Carrier/MSO. The physical demarcation
point between the responsibility of the Service
Provider and the responsibility of the Subscriber.
6, 6.1, 2, 7, 15, 19,
10, 10.1, 14, 9,21,
23
VC Virtual Container 3
VID VLAN Identifier 25
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network 4, 7, 12, 15, 6, 6.1,
8, 11,22,23, 25
VLAN ID VLAN Identifier 12
VPLS Virtual Private LAN Service 12, 17, 17
VPWS Virtual Private Wire Service 17
VT Virtual Tributary 3
WAN Wide Area Network 4, 12
WG WG is the amount of traffic accepted as Green over
the time interval T that should be delivered to the
egress UNI
19
WTR Wait to Restore 2
WY WY is the amount of traffic accepted as Yellow over
the time interval T that may be delivered to the
egress UNI
19
xSTP Spanning Tree Protocol (multiple variations) 17
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