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Terms and Descriptions for Review
Term + (Abbreviation) 1DM 3GPP A AAL1 Access EPL Access Ethernet Private Line (Access EPL) Access Ethernet Virtual Private Line (Access EVPL) Access EVPL Access Link Access Provider (AP) ACR ADM AF aGW AIS Alarm Status All to One Bundling ALNP ANSI AP APCP API APP APS ASP Description or expanded abbreviations One-way Delay Measurement Message 3rd Generation Partnership Project See - Availability ATM Adaptation Layer 1 See - Access Ethernet Private Line Access EPL service uses a Point-to-Point OVC to associate one OVC End Point at a UNI and one OVC End Point at an ENNI. One UNI can support only a single instance of the Access EPL service Access EVPL service uses a Point-to-Point OVC to associate one OVC End Point at a UNI and one OVC End Point at an ENNI. One UNI can support one or more Access EVPL instances See - Access Ethernet Virtual Private Line A link that represents connectivity to External Reference Points of the MEN An Operator MEN that offers the Ethernet Access Service type Adaptive Clock Recovery Add Drop Multiplexer Adaptation Function Access Gateway in Wimax or LTE networks. Also referred to as Access Service Network (ASN) Gateway in Wimax and S-GW/MME in LTE. In this IA aGW is one of the options for a RAN NC Alarm Indication Signal Indicates the occurrence of an abnormal condition. Values for alarm status include: critical, major, minor, indeterminate, warning, pending, and cleared A UNI attribute in which all CE-VLAN IDs are associated with a single EVC Aggregated Line and Node Protection American National Standards Institute See - Access Provider Application Protection Constraint Policy Application Programming Interface Application Services Layer Automatic Protection Switching Application Service Provider Appears in MEF 35 MEF 22.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 8 MEF 33 MEF 33

MEF 33

MEF 33 MEF 2 MEF 33 MEF 22.1 MEF 2 MEF 12.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 3, 8, 20, 25, 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 15 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 29 MEF 2 MEF 3, 8 MEF 33 MEF 2 MEF 38, 39 MEF 4, 12.1, 17 MEF 2, 3 MEF 22.1

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Term + (Abbreviation) ATM ATS Availability (A) Availability flr (Availability flr) Availability Indicator (Availability Indicator) Availability Performance Availability Window (Availability Window) Backward Description or expanded abbreviations Asynchronous Transfer Mode Abstract Test Suite Availability Availability flr Availability Indicator A measure of the percentage of time that a service is useable Availability Window OAM information sent from the Responder MEP to the Controller MEP. For LM it indicates the frame counts/loss from the Responder MEP to the Controller MEP. For DM is indicates the delay and delay variation from the Responder MEP to the Controller MEP A characterization of Service Frame arrival times and lengths at a reference point and a specification of the disposition of each Service Frame A Bandwidth Profile per-Class of Service Identifier A Bandwidth Profile applied on a per-EVC basis A Bandwidth Profile applied on a per-OVC End Point basis A Bandwidth Profile applied on a per-OVC End Point basis A Bandwidth Profile applied on a per-EVC basis A Bandwidth Profile applied on a per-VUNI basis Background Block Error Ratio Broadband Forum Bit Error Rate Branch Flow Point Burst Information Rate; rate in bits per second of service frames transmitted, back-to-back with minimum inter-frame gap. It does not include the inter-frame gap, preamble nor start of frame delimiter. It is called Burst information rate because it is eq ual to the maximum information rate at which bursts can be sent Bi-directional Line Switched Ring Bridge Protocol Data Unit Branch-Root Flow Point A Service Frame that has the broadcast destination MAC address Base Station Controller MEF 4, 8 MEF 22.1 MEF 35 MEF 35 MEF 35 MEF 6.1, 10.2, 36 MEF 35 MEF 35, 36 Appears in

Bandwidth Profile (BWP) Bandwidth profile per CoS ID Bandwidth profile per EVC Bandwidth Profile per OVC End Point Bandwidth profile per OVC Endpoint Bandwidth profile per UNI Bandwidth Profile per VUNI BBER BBF BER B-FP BIR

MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 19, 27, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 23.1, 33 MEF 6.1, 23.1 MEF 23.1 MEF 33 MEF 6.1, 23.1, 33 MEF 23.1 MEF 3 MEF 30 MEF 2, 3 MEF 12.1 MEF 37

BLSR BPDU BR-FP Broadcast Service Frame BSC

MEF 2, 3 MEF 2 MEF 12.1 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 33 MEF 22.1

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Term + (Abbreviation) BSS BTS Bundled OVC Bundling BW BWP CAS CBS CCM CCS CDMA CE Description or expanded abbreviations Business Support System Base Transceiver Station A non-Rooted Multipoint OVC that associates an OVC End Point that has more than one S-VLAN ID value that maps to it A UNI attribute in which more than one CE-VLAN ID is associated with an EVC Bandwidth See - Bandwidth Profile Channel Associated Signaling See - Committed Burst Size Continuity Check Message Common Channel Signaling Common Channel Signaling Customer Edge (Equipment on the Subscriber side of the UNI.) Appears in MEF 31, 36, 38, 39 MEF 22.1 MEF 26.1 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 29 MEF 20, 32 MEF 12.1, 23.1, 37 MEF 3, 8 MEF 6.1, 7, 8, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 27, 29, 33 MEF 20, 25, 30, 31, 36 MEF 3, 8 MEF 22.1 MEF 2, 3, 4, 6.1, 7, 8, 9, 10.2, 11, 12.1, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22.1, 23.1, 24, 26.1, 27, 29, 32, 33, 37 MEF 12.1, 22.1

CEN

CES CESoETH CE-VLAN CoS CE-VLAN CoS ID CE-VLAN CoS ID Value Preservation (OVC) CE-VLAN CoS Preservation (CEVLAN CoS Preservation) CE-VLAN ID CE-VLAN ID / EVC Map (CE-VLAN ID / EVC Map) CE-VLAN ID Preservation

Carrier Ethernet Network (used interchangeably with Metro Ethernet Network, MEN). Also referred to as MEN Operator or MEN Service Provider. The entity providing the backhaul service for a Mobile Operator Circuit Emulation Service(s) Circuit Emulation Services over Ethernet See - Customer Edge VLAN CoS Customer Edge VLAN CoS. Also C-tag PCP CE-VLAN CoS ID Value Preservation describes a relationship between the format and certain field values of the frame at one External Interface and of the corresponding frame at another External Interface CE-VLAN CoS Preservation See - Customer Edge VLAN ID CE-VLAN ID / EVC Map An EVC attribute in which the CE-VLAN ID of an egress Service Frame is identical in value to the CEVLAN ID of the corresponding ingress Service Frame

MEF 2, 3, 7, 8, 15, 22.1 MEF 8 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 27, 29 MEF 33 MEF 33

MEF 6.1 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 27, 29, 33, 34 MEF 6.1 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 29

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Term + (Abbreviation) CE-VLAN ID Preservation (OVC) Description or expanded abbreviations CE-VLAN ID Preservation describes a relationship between the format and certain field values of the frame at one External Interface and of the corresponding frame at another External Interface An association of CE-VLAN IDs with EVCs at a UNI See - Customer Edge VLAN Tag See - Coupling Flag Connectivity Fault Management A MEF Specification that uses the Ethernet Service Constructs model (defined in this specification) to specify a particular type of EI or ESN See - Consecutive High Loss Interval Characteristic Information See - Committed Information Rate Service frames that are compliant with the CIR of the bandwidth profile. CIR-compliant service frames are colored green A service that transports TDM-based traffic over a Metro Ethernet Network A set of Service Frames that have a commitment from the Service Provider to receive a particular level of performance A Class of Service Name. Each CoS Label identifies four Performance Tiers where each Performance Tier contains a set of performance objectives and associated parameters A set of Service or ENNI Frames that have a commitment from the Operator or Service Provider subject to a particular set of performance objectives The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism to be used to identify the Class of Service Name that applies to the frame at a given EI Information derivable from a) the EVC to which the Service Frame is mapped or b) the combination of the EVC to which the Service Frame is mapped and a set of one or more CE-VLAN CoS values The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism to be used to identify the Class of Service Name that applies to the frame at a given ENNI that maps to an OVC End Point The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism to be used to identify the Class of Service Name that applies to the frame at a given ENNI that maps to a VUNI End Point Appears in MEF 33

CE-VLAN ID/EVC Map CE-VLAN Tag CF CFM Child Document CHLI CI CIR CIR-compliant Circuit Emulation Service Class of Service (CoS) Class of Service ("CoS") Label Class of Service Frame Set (CoS FS) Class of Service Identifier (CoS ID) Class of Service Identifier CoSID

MEF 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 27 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 27, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 8, 10.2, 14, 15, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 20, 30, 31, 36, 38, 39 MEF 29 MEF 10.21, 22.1, 26.1, 35, 36 MEF 4, 12.1 MEF 2, 6.1, 7, 8, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 27, 29, 33 MEF 7, 15 MEF 7, 15 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 27, 29, 30 MEF 34 MEF 23.1, 33, 33 MEF 6.1, 9, 10.2, 14, 19, 29 MEF 27

Class of Service Identifier for EFO

MEF 23.1

Class of Service Identifier for EFV

MEF 23.1

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Term + (Abbreviation) Class of Service Identifier for ENNI Frames (ENNI) Class of Service Identifier for Service Frames Class of Service Identifier for Service Frames (UNI) Class of Service Label Description or expanded abbreviations The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism to be used to identify the Class of Service Name that applies to the frame at a given ENNI that maps to an OVC End Point The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism to be used to identify the Class of Service Name that applies to the frame at a given UNI The mechanism and/or values of the mechanism to be used to identify the Class of Service Name that applies to the frame at a given UNI A CoS Name. Each Class of Service Label identifies four Performance Tiers where each Performance Tier contains a set of performance objectives and associated parameters A designation given to one or more sets of performance objectives and associated parameters by the Service Provider or Operator An objective for a given performance metric Customer Located Equipment Command Line Interface See - Color Mode 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 The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism used to identify the Color that applies to the frame at a given external interface The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism used to identify the Color that applies to the frame at a given ENNI that maps to an OVC End Point The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism used to identify the Color that applies to the frame at a given ENNI that maps to a VUNI End Point The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism used to identify the Color that applies to the frame at a given ENNI that maps to an OVC End Point. A particular Color ID value may indicate Color instance of Green or Yellow for an ENNI Frame. PCP may indicate both Class of Service Name and Color. Information derivable from a) a set of one or more S-Tag PCP values or b) DEI value The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism used to identify the Color that applies to the frame at a given UNI Appears in MEF 33

MEF 23.1 MEF 33 MEF 23.1, 33

Class of Service Name Class of Service Performance Objective CLE CLI CM Color Forwarding Color ID Color Identifier for EFO

MEF 23.1, 33 MEF 23.1 MEF 17 MEF 15 MEF 6.1, 10.2, 14, 15, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 26.1, 34, 37 MEF 22.1, 23.1 MEF 23.1

Color Identifier for EFV

MEF 23.1

Color Identifier for ENNI Frames (ENNI)

MEF 33

Color Identifier for Service Frame

MEF 23.1

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Term + (Abbreviation) Color Identifier for Service Frame (UNI) Description or expanded abbreviations The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism used to identify the Color that applies to the frame at a given UNI. A particular Color ID value may indicate Color instance of Green or Yellow for a Service Frame. PCP and DSCP may indicate both Class of Service Name and Color. Information derivable from a) a set of one or more C-Tag PCP values or b) a set of one or more DSCP values 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 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 Bandwidth Profile property where a pre-determined level of Bandwidth Profile compliance for each frame, if present, is ignored when determining the level of compliance by the CEN CBS is a Bandwidth Profile parameter. It limits the maximum number of bytes available for a burst of frames sent at the EI speed to remain CIR-conformant CIR is a Bandwidth Profile parameter. It defines the average rate in bits/s of frames at an EI up to which the network delivers those frames, and is committed to meeting the performance objectives defined by the CoS Service Attribute A Sub-Network that is connected by physical External Interfaces to the Ethernet Sub-Network under examination (see Figure 4) A sequence of small time intervals contained in T, each with a high frame loss ratio The Controller MEP initiates SOAM PM PDUs, and in a single-ended session receives responses from the Responder MEP See - Class of Service Appears in MEF 33

Color Mode (CM)

MEF 6.1, 10.2, 14, 19, 23.1, 27, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 10.2, 14, 15, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 10.2, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 27, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 27, 29, 33 MEF 29 MEF 10.21, 26.1 MEF 35, 36 MEF 6.1, 7, 8, 10.2, 12.1, 15, 17, 20, 23.1, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 22.1, 34, 35

Color-aware

Color-blind

Committed Burst Size (CBS) Committed Information Rate (CIR) Connected Sub-Network (CSN) Consecutive High Loss Interval (CHLI) Controller MEP CoS

CoS Frame Set

Class of Service Frame Set: A set of frames that have a commitment from the Operator or Service Provider subject to a particular set of performance objectives See - Class of Service Frame Set See - Class of Service Identifier Class of Service Identifier for SOAM PM frames. The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism to be used to identify the Class of Service Name (H, M, L) that applies to a given SOAM frame

CoS FS CoS ID CoS ID for SOAM PM frames

MEF 23.1, 35 MEF 12.1, 20, 22.1, 23.1, 35 MEF 35

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Term + (Abbreviation) CoS Identifier for EFO Description or expanded abbreviations The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism to be used to identify the Class of Service Name that applies to the frame at a given ENNI that maps to an OVC End Point The mechanism and/or values of the parameters in the mechanism to be used to identify the Class of Service Name that applies to the frame at a given UNI A Class of Service Name. Each CoS Label identifies four Performance Tiers where each Performance Tier contains a set of performance objectives and associated parameters Class of Service Name: A designation given to one or more sets of performance objectives and associated parameters by the Service Provider or Operator The choice between two modes of operation of the bandwidth profile algorithm. It takes a value of 0 or 1 only Coefficient of Variation Customer Premise Equipment CoS Performance Objective Clock Recovery Cyclic Redundancy Check See - Connected Sub-Network Communication Service Provider Constriant-based Shortest Path First Subscriber VLAN Tag IEEE 802.1ad Ethernet frames with one tag: C-Tag. The values of the C-VLAN IDs are in the range between 1 and 4094 Customer Unit Edge Terminal Identifies the current existing problems (probable cause), with severity for an entity The organization purchasing and/or using Ethernet Services. Alternate term: Subscriber Equipment on the Subscriber side of the UNI The Priority Code Point bits in the IEEE 802.1Q Customer VLAN Tag in a Service Frame that is either tagged or priority tagged The identifier derivable from the content of a Service Frame that allows the Service Frame to be associated with an EVC at the UNI 0 Customer VLAN Appears in MEF 34

CoS Identifier for Service Frames CoS Label

MEF 34 MEF 22.1

CoS Name Coupling Flag (CF) CoV CPE CPO CR CRC CSN CSP CSPF C-Tag C-Tag frames CUET Current Problem List Customer Customer Edge Customer Edge VLAN CoS (CEVLAN CoS) Customer Edge VLAN ID (CE-VLAN ID) Customer Edge VLAN Tag (CEVLAN Tag) C-VLAN

MEF 22.1, 34, 35 MEF 6.1, 10.2, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 35 MEF 17 MEF 22.1, 23.1, 34 MEF 3 MEF 2, 3, 8 MEF 29 MEF 22.1 MEF 2 MEF 23.1, 26.1, 31, 34, 37 MEF 37 MEF 3 MEF 15 MEF 7, 15 MEF 6.1, 7, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 15, 19, 23.1, 27, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 27, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 27, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 27, 29 MEF 12.1

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Term + (Abbreviation) DA Data Service Frame DCE DEI DI DM DMM DMR DNU Double-tagged frames Down MEP DSCP DSL DSTM DTE DTM Dual Rate Bandwidth Profile Dual-Ended Duplicate DUT E-Access Service Type EAF EBS E-BWP EC ECDX ECF ECID Description or expanded abbreviations Destination Address A Service Frame that is Unicast, Multicast, or Broadcast Data Circuit-terminating Equipment Drop Eligible Indicator Data Instance Delay Measurement Delay Measurement Message Delay Measurement Response Do not use IEEE 802.1ad Ethernet frames with two tags. The outer tag is an S-Tag, the inner tag is a C-Tag A MEP residing in a Bridge that receives SOAM PDUs from, and transmits them towards, the direction of the LAN. See also Up MEP Differentiated Services Code Point Digital Subscriber Line Derived System Timing Mode. The IWF system clock is derived from the incoming Ethernet frames Data Terminal Equipment Derived Timing Mode. The recovered service clock is derived from the incoming Ethernet frames A bandwidth profile that specifies both a CIR/CBS and EIR/EBS A type of process where a MEP sends measurement information to a peer MEP that will perform the calculations Link Aggregation Group Device Under Test Ethernet services that use an OVC with at least one UNI OVC End Point and one ENNI OVC End Point ETH Adaptation Function See - Excess Burst Size Egress Bandwidth Profile. A service attribute that specifies the length and arrival time characteristics of egress Service Frames at the egress UNI ETH Connection Emulated Circuit De/Multiplexing Function ETH Connection Function Emulated Circuit Identifier Appears in MEF 20 MEF 10.2 MEF 2 MEF 12.1, 23.1, 31, 35 MEF 16, 24 MEF 35, 36 MEF 35 MEF 35 MEF 22.1 MEF 37 MEF 20, 25, 30 MEF 22.1, 23.1, 26.1, 29, 37 MEF 2 MEF 3 MEF 21 MEF 3 MEF 7, 15 MEF 35, 36 MEF 2 MEF 18 MEF 33 MEF 12.1 MEF 6.1, 7, 8, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 27, 29, 33 MEF 22.1 MEF 12.1, 22.1 MEF 3, 8 MEF 2, 12.1 MEF 3, 8

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Term + (Abbreviation) ECS ECT EEAF EEC EEIF EEPP EETF EFCF EFD EFM EFO EFT EFTF EFV Egress Bandwidth Profile Egress EI Frame Egress Frame Egress Service Frame EI EI Frame EIR EIR-compliant Description or expanded abbreviations EC Segment Ethernet Connectionless Trail/Ethernet Connection-oriented Trail Ethernet ECS Adaptation Function Ethernet Equipment Clock Eth EC Interconnect Function End-to-End Path Protection ETH EVC Termination Function ETH Flow Conditioning Function ETH Flow Domain Ethernet First Mile ENNI Frame that maps to OVC End Point Eth Flow Termination ETH Flow Termination Function ENNI Frame that maps to a VUNI End Point A service attribute that specifies the length and arrival time characteristics of egress Frames at the egress EI An Ethernet Frame transmitted across the EI from the ESN toward the CSN A Service Frame sent from the Service Provider network to the CE A Service Frame sent from the Service Provider network to the CE See - External Interface An Ethernet frame transmitted across the EI toward the ESN or an Ethernet frame transmitted across the EI toward the CSN See - Excess Information Rate 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 An Ethernet service type that is based on a Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC An Ethernet service type that is based on a Point-to-Point EVC Ethernet Local Management Interface Element Management System Appears in MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 35 MEF 22.1 MEF 35 MEF 2 MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 2 MEF 23.1, 34 MEF 3 MEF 8, 12.1 MEF 23.1 MEF 6.1, 10.2, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 29 MEF 7, 11 MEF 6.1, 9, 10.2, 14, 15, 19, 27, 29, 33 MEF 12.1, 22.1, 23.1, 29, 32, 33, 35 MEF 29 MEF 2, 6.1, 7, 8, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 27, 29, 33 MEF 7, 15

E-LAN E-Line E-LMI EMS

MEF 2, 6.1, 9, 10.2, 14, 19, 20, 23.1, 27, 30, 33, 35 MEF 2, 3, 6.1, 8, 9, 10.2, 14, 19, 20, 23.1, 27, 30, 33 MEF 15, 17, 20, 24, 30 MEF 17, 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39

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Term + (Abbreviation) eNB Description or expanded abbreviations Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Node B is the Radio Base Station in LTE. Also referred to as eNodeB or eNB. In this IA an eNodeB is one of the options for a RAN BS A mapping of specified S-Tag VLAN ID values to specified OVC End Point Identifiers When multiple S-VLAN ID values map to a single OVC End Point in the End Point Map, and the OVC associating that OVC End Point is not a Rooted-Multipoint OVC A parameter in the End Point Map (In this specification the End Point Type is always OVC End Point.) External Network Network Interface Appears in MEF 22.1

End Point Map End Point Map Bundling

MEF 26.1, 37 MEF 26.1

End Point Type ENNI

MEF 26.1, 37 MEF 12.1, 12.1, 15, 15, 17, 23.1, 26.1, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39 MEF 23.1, 26.1, 33, 34, 37 MEF 30 MEF 26.1, 33, 37 MEF 12.1, 26.1, 30, 37 MEF 23.1 MEF 2 MEF 17 MEF 12.1, 35 MEF 6.1, 8, 22.1, 23.1, 32, 33 MEF 22.1, 32 MEF 22.1, 32 MEF 3, 8 MEF 29 MEF 12.1, 17, 35 MEF 4 MEF 3, 8 MEF 4 MEF 22.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 29

ENNI Frame ENNI MEG ENNI MTU ENNI-Ni ENS EoS EoSONET EPCF EPL EP-LAN EP-Tree ES ESC ESCF ESD ESF ESM ESMC ESMC Frame ESN

The first bit of the Destination Address to the last bit of the Frame Check Sequence of the Ethernet Frame transmitted across the ENNI External Network-to-Network Interface Maintenance Entity Group MTU of an ENNI frame at the ENNI The functional element administered by the Operator of the ith Operator MEN that supports the protocols and procedures required in MEF 26.1 See - Ethernet Network Section Ethernet over SONET Ethernet over SONET ETH Provider Conditioning Function Ethernet Private Line Service Ethernet Private LAN Service Ethernet Private Tree Service Errored Second See - Ethernet Service Construct ETH Subscriber Conditioning Function Ethernet Services Definition Extended Super Frame Ethernet Services Model Ethernet Synchronization Message Channel A Frame exchanged between a MEN and the RAN CE when UNI PHY is in synchronous operation mode See - Ethernet Sub-Network

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Term + (Abbreviation) ESNC ESNC End Point ESR ESRG ETF ETH ETH FPP ETH-AIS ETH-CC ETH-DM Ethernet Access Provider Ethernet Frame Ethernet LAN Service Type Ethernet Line Service Type Ethernet Network Section (ENS) Ethernet Service Construct (ESC) Description or expanded abbreviations See - Ethernet Sub-Network Connection A logical reference point located at a physical External Interface (EI) Errored Second Ratio ETH-layer SRG ETH Termination Function Ethernet Services Layer An Ethernet Flow Point Pool that represents an Ethernet UNI or E-NNI Ethernet Alarm Indication Signal function Ethernet Continuity Check function Ethernet Delay Measurement function Operator of the MEN providing the OVC-based Ethernet service between a UNI and an ENNI A data packet on a wire from preamble to FCS An Ethernet Service Type distinguished by its use of a Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC An Ethernet Service Type distinguished by its use of a Point-to-Point EVC A set of one or more MENs, each under a single or collaborative jurisdictional responsibility, for the purpose of managing CPOs An abstract entity used to facilitate describing the externally visible behavior of an Ethernet SubNetwork (ESN) as seen by looking into the physical demarcation points of this ESN. The four basic types of Ethernet Service Constructs introduced in this document are EIs, ESNCs, ESNC End Points, and TEs. Each of these entities represents a collection of defined attributes that are used to describe this behavior The Sub-Network that is under examination by the Ethernet Service Constructs model (see Figure 4) An association of two or more ESNC End Points that limits the exchange of EI frames to EIs in the ESNC An association of two or more UNIs that limits the exchange of Service Frames to UNIs in the Ethernet Virtual Connection Ethernet Length/Type Ethernet Loopback function Ethernet Lock signal function Ethernet Loss Measurement function Ethernet Linktrace function Ethernet Remote Defect Indication function Appears in MEF 29 MEF 29 MEF 3, 8 MEF 22.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 2, 4, 12.1, 17 MEF 15 MEF 25, 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 35, 36 MEF 33 MEF 35 MEF 9, 10.2, 14, 19 MEF 9, 10.2, 14, 19 MEF 23.1 MEF 29

Ethernet Sub-Network (ESN) Ethernet Sub-Network Connection (ESNC) Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) EtherType ETH-LB ETH-LCK ETH-LM ETH-LT ETH-RDI

MEF 29 MEF 29 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 12.1 MEF 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 31, 38, 39 MEF 35, 36 MEF 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 31, 38, 39

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Term + (Abbreviation) ETH-SLM ETH-Test ETH-trail Description or expanded abbreviations Ethernet Synthetic Loss Measurement Function Ethernet Test function 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 An Ethernet service type that is based on a Rooted-Multipoint EVC Ethernet Physical Layer See - Ethernet Virtual Connection Appears in MEF 35, 36 MEF 31, 38, 39 MEF 2

E-Tree ETY EVC

EVC ID EVC Maximum Transmission Unit Size EVC MEG EVC MTU Size EVC-MA EVPL EVP-LAN EVP-Tree E-WAN Excess Burst Size (EBS)

The Identifier for an EVC The maximum sized Service Frame allowed for an EVC Ethernet Virtual Connection Maintenance Entity Group The maximum sized Service Frame allowed for an EVC Ethernet Virtual Connection Maintenance Association Ethernet Virtual Private Line Service Ethernet Virtual Private LAN Service Ethernet Virtual Private Tree Service An MEF defined ETH services aware network that provides connectivity between two or more MENs via ENNIs EBS is a Bandwidth Profile parameter. It limits the maximum number of bytes available for a burst of Service or ENNI Frames sent at the EI speed to remain EIR-conformant EIR is a Bandwidth Profile parameter. It defines the average rate in bits/s of Service or ENNI Frames up to which the network may deliver Service or Network Frames but without any performance objectives External Interface. These can be one of those defined in MEF 4, 12.1 Frame Check Sequence See - Frame Delay

MEF 6.1, 23.1, 27, 30, 33 MEF 7, 15 MEF 2, 3, 4, 6.1, 7, 8, 9, 10.2, 11, 12.1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22.1, 23.1, 24, 25, 26.1, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 MEF 20 MEF 10.2 MEF 30 MEF 6.1, 33 MEF 25 MEF 6.1, 8, 22.1, 23.1, 32, 33 MEF 22.1, 23.1, 32 MEF 22.1, 32 MEF 26.1 MEF 6.1, 7, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 23.1, 26.1, 29, 33, 34, 37 MEF 8, 12.1, 35 MEF 6.1, 10.2, 14, 15, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 MEF 3, 8 MEF 22.1, 23.1, 33, 34, 35, 36 MEF 6.1, 14, 17, 19, 22.1, 30, 32

Excess Information Rate (EIR)

External Interface (EI) FCS FD

FDL FDR FDV

Facility Data Link See - Frame Delay Range See - Frame Delay Variation

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Term + (Abbreviation) FDX FE FER FLR FM Forward Full Duplex Functional Element Frame Error Ratio See - Frame Loss Ratio Fault Management OAM information sent from the Controller MEP to the Responder MEP. For LM it indicates the frame counts/loss from the Controller MEP to the Responder MEP. For DM is indicates the delay and delay variation from the Controller MEP to the Responder MEP Flow Point/Flow Point Pool Short for Ethernet Frame The time required to transmit a frame from ingress EI to egress EI A characterization of the delays experienced by different frames belonging to the same CoS Frame Set The difference between the observed percentile of delay at a target percentile and the observed minimum delay for the set of frames in time interval T A measure of the extent of delay variability experienced by different frames belonging to the same CoS Frame Set The difference in delay of two frames of the same CoS Frame Set A characterization, based on Inter-Frame Delay Variation, of the variation in the delays experienced by different frames belonging to the same CoS Frame Set A performance attribute of an EVC Frame Loss Ratio is a characterization of the number of lost Frames between the ingress External Interface (EI) and the egress External Interface (EI). Frame Loss Ratio is expressed as a percentage Generic Attribute Registration Protocol Gigabit Ethernet Generic Inter-working Function Generic Routing Encapsulation Global System for Mobile communication Half Duplex Hairpin Flow Point A small time interval contained in T with a high frame loss ratio See - High Loss Interval Hybrid NID Hybrid NID Service Description or expanded abbreviations Appears in MEF 6.1, 7, 15 MEF 4 MEF 3, 8 MEF 6.1, 10.2, 14, 17, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 MEF 22.1, 25, 30, 31, 36, 38, 39 MEF 35, 36

FP/FPP Frame Frame Delay (FD) Frame Delay Performance Frame Delay Range (FDR) Frame Delay Range Performance Frame Delay Variation (FDV) Frame Delay Variation Performance Frame Loss Frame Loss Ratio (FLR) GARP GbE GIWF GRE GSM HDX H-FP High Loss Interval (HLI) HLI H-NID HNS

MEF 12.1 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 33 MEF 6.1, 10.2, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 33 MEF 10.2, 23.1, 33 MEF 10.2, 23.1, 33 MEF 6.1, 14, 15, 19 MEF 6.1, 14, 15, 19 MEF 11 MEF 6.1, 10.2, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 33 MEF 2, 20 MEF 4 MEF 22.1 MEF 2 MEF 22.1 MEF 7, 15 MEF 12.1 MEF 10.21, 26.1 MEF 10.21, 22.1, 26.1, 35, 36 MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1

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Term + (Abbreviation) HOVC IA I-BWP Description or expanded abbreviations Higher Order Virtual Container Implementation Agreement 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 Information Element Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Internet Engineering Task Force See - Inter-Frame Delay Variation Interior Gateway Protocol Internal Interface The direction from the CE into the Service Provider network A characterization of frame arrival times and lengths at the ingress EI and a specification of disposition of each frame based on its level of compliance with the characterization A frame transmitted across the EI toward the CEN Internal NNI The difference in delay of two frames of the same CoS Frame Set A characterization, based on Inter-Frame Delay Variation, of the variation in the delays experienced by different frames belonging to the same CoS Frame Set Internet Protocol. IPv4 is for version 4 (RFC 791) and IPv6 is for version 6 (RFC 2460) Internet Protocol Security International Telecommunication Union ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector Interworking Function Layer One Layer Two Layer(s) above L2 Layer 2 Control Protocol See - Layer 2 Control Protocol Service Frame Appears in MEF 3 MEF 3, 8, 20, 22.1, 23.1, 30, 35 MEF 22.1

IE IEEE IETF IFDV IGP II Ingress Ingress Bandwidth Profile

MEF 15 MEF 4, 8, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 2, 3, 8, 16, 30, 31, 36, 38, 39 MEF 10.2, 22.1, 23.1, 33, 34, 35, 36 MEF 2 MEF 12.1 MEF 13 MEF 6.1, 10.2, 23.1, 29, 33

Ingress Frame I-NNI Inter-Frame Delay Variation (IFDV) Inter-Frame Delay Variation Performance IP IPSec ITU ITU-T IWF L1 L2 L2+ L2CP L2CP Frame

MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 29, 33 MEF 17 MEF 10.2, 23.1, 33 MEF 10.2, 23.1, 33 MEF 22.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 2, 4, 16 MEF 3, 8, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 3, 4, 8 MEF 4 MEF 4 MEF 4 MEF 12.1, 20, 22.1, 23.1, 29 MEF 33

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Term + (Abbreviation) L2CP Tunneling L2DP LACP LAG LAN LANE Layer 2 Control Protocol Service Frame (L2CP Frame) Layer 2 Control Protocol Tunneling LB LBM LBR LCK Leaf OVC End Point Link Link OAM Link Protection Mechanism (LPM) LLC LM LMM LMR LOF LOFA LOFS LOH LOPS LOS LOVC LPM LSP LSR Description or expanded abbreviations The process by which a frame containing a Layer 2 Control Protocol is transferred between External Interfaces Layer Two Data Plane Link Aggregation Control Protocol Link Aggregation Group Local Area Network ATM LAN Emulation A frame that is used for Layer 2 control, e.g., Spanning Tree Protocol The process by which a frame carrying a Layer 2 Control Protocol Service data unit is passed through the Service Provider or Operator network without being processed and is delivered to the proper EI(s) Loop Back Loopback Message Loopback Reply Locked, used in reference to LCK PDUs An OVC End Point that has the role of Leaf An ETH link or TRAN link OAM specific to a single link as per clause 57 of [IEEE 802.3] Any mechanism (e.g. LAG) used to protect traffic in the event of link failure across an EI with multiple links Logical Link Control Loss Measurement Loss Measurement Message Loss Measurement Reply Loss of Frame Loss of Frame Alignment Loss of Frames State Line OverHead Loss Of Packet Synchronization Loss of Signal Lower Order Virtual Container See - Link Protection Mechanism Label Switched Path Label Switched Router Appears in MEF 26.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 2, 20 MEF 2, 20, 29 MEF 2, 4, 12.1, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 17 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 20 MEF 20, 25, 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 20, 25, 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 31, 38, 39 MEF 26.1 MEF 2 MEF 20 MEF 29 MEF 12.1 MEF 35, 36 MEF 35 MEF 35 MEF 2 MEF 8 MEF 8 MEF 3 MEF 3 MEF 2, 3, 8 MEF 3 MEF 29 MEF 2 MEF 2

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Term + (Abbreviation) LTE LTE. LTM LTR MA MAC MAID Maintenance Interval Mapper Mapping Description or expanded abbreviations Long Term Evolution Line Termination Equipment Linktrace Message Linktrace Reply Maintenance Association (equivalent to a MEG) Media Access Control Maintenance Association Identifier (equivalent to a MEG ID) A Maintenance Interval is a time interval agreed to by the Service Provider and Subscriber during which the service may not perform well or at all A device or logic that implements a mapping function 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 VC11 associate each bit of the DS1 with a location in the VT-1.5/VC-11 An integer that indicates the quantity of CE-VLANs that can be mapped to a single OVC at that UNI. A value = 1 indicates that UNI can only map single CE-VLANs to an OVC. A value > 1 indicates that up to that limit can be mapped to a single OVC The maximum number of EVCs that may be on a UNI The maximum number of OVCs that may be on a UNI The maximum number of UNIs that may be in an EVC The maximum sized Service Frame allowed for an Ethernet service Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) Single Frequency Network support MAC Convergence Function Maintenance Domain Maintenance Domain Level (equivalent to a MEG level) Maintenance Entity. A point-to-point relationship between two MEPs within a single MEG The arithmetic mean, or average of delays experienced by frames belonging to the same CoS Frame Set The mean time from when a service is unavailable to the time it becomes available again Appears in MEF 22.1 MEF 3 MEF 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 2, 4, 8, 12.1, 16, 17, 24, 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 25, 30, 31, 35, 38, 39 MEF 35 MEF 3 MEF 3

Maximum Number of CE-VLAN IDs per OVC

MEF 33

Maximum Number of EVCs Maximum Number of OVCs per UNI Maximum number of UNIs (MNU) Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) MBSFN MCF MD MD Level ME Mean Frame Delay Performance Mean time to restore

MEF 6.1 MEF 33 MEF 6.1, 10.2 MEF 33 MEF 22.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 20, 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 25, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 17, 20, 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 10.2, 23.1, 33 MEF 2

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Term + (Abbreviation) Measurement Bin Measurement Interval Description or expanded abbreviations A Measurement Bin is a counter that stores the number of delay measurements falling within a specified range, during a Measurement Interval A period of time during which measurements are taken. Measurements initiated during one Measurement Interval are kept separate from measurements taken during other Measurement Intervals. It is important to note that this is different from T The collection of completed measurements that were initiated during a Measurement Interval Metro Ethernet Forum Maintenance Entity Group (equivalent to a MA) Maintenance Entity Group Identifier. Equivalent to Maintenance Association Identifier (MAID) Maintenance Entity Group Level (equivalent to MD Level) Maintenance Entity Level Metro Ethernet Network. Synonymous with CEN (Carrier Ethernet Network) Appears in MEF 35, 36 MEF 35, 36

Measurement Interval Data Set MEF MEG MEG ID MEG Level MEL MEN

MEF 35 MEF 2, 4, 16, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 12.1, 17, 20, 22.1, 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 20, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 12.1 MEF 2, 3, 4, 6.1, 7, 8, 9, 12.1, 15, 16, 17, 23.1, 26.1, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 MEF 8 MEF 15 MEF 17, 20, 22.1, 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 20 MEF 6.1, 7, 15, 23.1, 33 MEF 15 MEF 22.1, 23.1, 33, 34, 35, 36 MEF 12.1 MEF 30, 38 MEF 3, 8, 31, 36, 38, 39 MEF 37 MEF 17, 20, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39

MEN-bound IWF ME-NE MEP MEP ID Metro Ethernet Network Metro Ethernet Network Element (ME-NE) MFD MGT EC MHF MIB Minimum Inter-Frame Gap MIP

The IWF receiving TDM data from the customers TDM -based equipment, and forwarding this data in the form of Ethernet frames into the MEN See - Metro Ethernet Network Element Maintenance Association End Point (IEEE) or MEG End Point (ITU) Maintenance Entity End Point Identification The Operators or Service Providers network providing Ethernet services. Synonymous with Carrier Ethernet Network (CEN) The Operators or Service Providers network providing Ethernet services. Synonymous with Carrier Ethernet Network (CEN) Mean Frame Delay Management EC MIP Half Function Management Information Base Defined as 96 Bit Times [section 4.4.2 in IEEE Std 802.3-2005] Maintenance domain Intermediate Point(IEEE) or MEG Intermediate Point (ITU)

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Term + (Abbreviation) MME MNU Mobile Operator MP MPLS MRTIE MTP MTU MTU size Multicast Service Frame Multiplex Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC Multipoint-to-Multipoint OVC N/A N/S NDD NE NETCONF NETCONF Client NETCONF Server NG NINID NI-NNI NMI NMI-C NMI-N Description or expanded abbreviations Mobility Management Entity is an LTE function and located in the Network Controller site. In this IA MME is included when referring to a RAN NC See - Maximum Number of UNIs The entity obtaining the Backhaul service from a SP or MEN Operator. Also referred to as Subscriber in this IA Maintenance Point. One of either a MEP or a MIP Multi Protocol Label Switching Maximum Relative Time Interval Error Multipoint See - Maximum Transmission Unit The maximum sized Service Frame allowed for an Ethernet service A Service Frame that has a multicast destination MAC address Transmit one or more channels over a single channel An EVC with two or more UNIs An OVC that can associate two or more Root OVC End Points Not Applicable Not Specified Network Demarcation Device Network Element The Network Configuration Protocol A NETCONF entity that nvokes protocol operations on a NETCONF server. In addition, a client can subscribe to receive notifications from a server A NETCONF entity that executes protocol operations invoked by a NETCONF client. In addition, a server can send notifications to a client Smallest compliant value of WG for a given bandwidth profile Network Interworking (e.g., NI-NNI) Network Interface Device Network Interworking NNI NID-MEN Interface NMI - Client (Functional Element) NMI - Network (Functional Element) Appears in MEF 22.1 MEF 6.1, 10.2 MEF 22.1 MEF 25, 30, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 2, 4, 17 MEF 18 MEF 12.1 MEF 6.1, 20, 22.1, 25, 26.1, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39 MEF 6.1 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 33 MEF 3 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 26.1 MEF 6.1, 23.1, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 15, 22.1, 23.1, 33 MEF 17 MEF 2, 3, 4, 12.1, 17, 20, 22.1, 25, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 38, 39 MEF 38, 39 MEF 38, 39 MEF 37, 37 MEF 4 MEF 12.1 MEF 17 MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1

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Term + (Abbreviation) NMS NNI Node NodeB NSP NT NTP NUNI NY OAM OAM Domain OAM Flow Space OAMPDU O-EC On-Demand Description or expanded abbreviations Network Management System Network Network Interface A Provider owned network element WCDMA Radio Base Station. In this IA a NodeB is one of the options for a RAN BS Network Service Provider Network Termination Network Time Protocol NID UNI Smallest compliant value of WY for a given bandwidth profile Operations, Administration and Maintenance The part of a network for which faults in connectivity can be managed and performance can be monitored. (equivalent to a "Maintenance Domain") The portions of an end-to-end flow where SOAM frames are seen as SOAM frames (as opposed to being seen as data frames when double tagged) Operation Administration and maintenance protocol data unit Operator EC OAM actions that are initiated via manual intervention for a limited time to carry out diagnostics. On-Demand OAM can result in singular or periodic OAM actions during the diagnostic time interval A measurement performed in the forward or backward direction. For example from MEP A to MEP B or from MEP B to MEP A The administrative organization responsible for a CEN Operator Maintenance Entity Group An association of OVC End Points Operator Maintenance Association A directional UNI pair of the form <Ingress UNI, Egress UNI>, selected from the UNI list for the EVC of interest Operations Support System Optical Transport Network See - Operator Virtual Connection An association of an OVC with a specific External Interface i.e., UNI, ENNI Appears in MEF 17, 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 3, 4, 12.1, 17, 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 2, 4, 12.1, 17, 30, 31, 38, 39 MEF 22.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 4 MEF 22.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 37 MEF 2, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22.1, 24, 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 25, 30, 35 MEF 30, 30, 35 MEF 21 MEF 12.1 MEF 35, 36

One-way Operator Operator MEG Operator Virtual Connection (OVC) Operator-MA Ordered Pair of UNIs OSS OTN OVC OVC End Point (OVC EP)

MEF 35, 36 MEF 23.1, 26.1, 29, 34, 37 MEF 30 MEF 23.1, 26.1, 33, 34, 37 MEF 25 MEF 10.2 MEF 31, 36, 38, 39 MEF 4 MEF 23.1, 26.1, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39 MEF 23.1, 26.1, 33, 34, 37

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Term + (Abbreviation) OVC End Point Map at the UNI OVC End Point Role Description or expanded abbreviations An association of CE-VLAN IDs with OVCs at a UNI A property of an OVC End Point that determines the forwarding behavior between it and other OVC End Points that are associated with the OVC End Point by an OVC See - OVC End Point string that is unique among all OVCs in the Operator MEN Point-to-point A succession of interconnected links at a specific (ETH or TRANS) layer Policy and Charging Enforcement Function Priority Code Point Frame Delay Performance percentile Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy. PDH refers to the DS1/DS2/DS3 and E1/E3/E4 family of signals Protocol Data Unit Provider Edge Packet based Equipment Clocks A MEF CoS Performance Objectives (CPO) set Protocol implementation conformance statement Phase Locked Loop Performance Monitoring A MEP capability specified for performance monitoring purposes (e.g., Single-Ended Delay, SingleEnded Synthetic Loss) A PM Session is the application of a given PM Function between a given pair of MEPs and using a given CoS Frame Set over some (possibly indefinite) period of time A PM Solution is a set of related requirements that when implemented allow a given set of performance metrics to be measured using a given set of PM functions A generic term used to discuss the application of a PM Function 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 An EVC with exactly 2 UNIs Appears in MEF 33 MEF 26.1, 26.1, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39 MEF 23.1, 34 MEF 26.1, 33, 34, 37 MEF 12.1, 25, 30, 35 MEF 2, 34 MEF 22.1, 33, 34, 37 MEF 22.1, 23.1, 30, 35 MEF 23.1 MEF 3, 4, 8, 22.1 MEF 8, 12.1, 20, 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 2, 3, 4, 12.1 MEF 22.1, 4, 8, 22.1 MEF 23.1, 12.1, 20, 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 21, 3, 4, 12.1 MEF 3 MEF 22.1, 35, 36 MEF 35, 36 MEF 35, 36

OVC EP OVC Identifier P2P Path PCEF PCP Pd PDH PDU PE PEC Performance Tier (PT) PICS PLL PM PM Function PM Session

PM Solution

MEF 35, 36

PM Tool Pointer

MEF 35, 36 MEF 3, 36

Point-to-Point EVC

MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 33

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Term + (Abbreviation) Point-to-Point OVC Pr PRBS PRC PRM Proactive Protection merge point Description or expanded abbreviations An OVC that associates exactly two Root OVC End Points A specific percentile of the Frame Delay Performance used in Frame Delay Range , where Pv>0 Pseudo-Random Binary Sequence Primary Reference Clock Protection Reference Model OAM actions that are carried on continuously to permit timely reporting of fault and/or performance status 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 *3+, called tail-end switch in SONET/SDH) Primary Reference Source Public Switched Telephone Network See - Performance Tier Polling Timer Precision Time Protocol Inter-Frame Delay Variation Performance percentile Polling Verification Timer Pseudo Wire Pseudo-Wire Emulation Edge to Edge (an IETF working group) Quality Level of clock used in Synchronous Ethernet Quality of Service The set of frames that comply with specific criteria, such as the arrival time at the Ingress UNI and Bandwidth Profile compliance, on which a performance attribute is based Radio Access Network RAN Base Station RAN Customer Edge RAN Network Controller Radio Base Station defined in this IA and referred generally as Base Station in 3GPP TS 21.905 Remote Defect Indication Appears in MEF 26.1, 36 MEF 23.1 MEF 18, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 22.1 MEF 2 MEF 35, 36 MEF 2

PRS PSTN PT PT PTP Pv PVT PW PWE3 QL QoS Qualified Set of Service Frames

MEF 3 MEF 3 MEF 22.1, 23.1, 34, 35 MEF 24 MEF 22.1 MEF 23.1 MEF 24 MEF 17 MEF 3, 8 MEF 22.1 MEF 2 MEF 10.2

RAN RAN BS RAN CE RAN NC RBS RDI

MEF 22.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 3, 8, 20, 25, 30, 31, 38, 39

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Term + (Abbreviation) Remote UNI (RUNI) Description or expanded abbreviations Remote UNI is a UNI serving as the UTA component consisting of a collection of service attributes in the UNI within an Operators MEN. The remote UNI is paired with a VUNI in a VUNI Providers MEN. At the remote UNI, Service Frames are exchanged between the Subscriber and the Network Operator MEN The number of High Loss Intervals and Consecutive High Loss Intervals in a time interval T In a single-ended session, the Responder MEP receives SOAM PM PDUs, from the Controller MEP, and transmits a response to the Controller MEP Request For Comment Remote Management Interface Rooted Multipoint Radio Network Controller An OVC End Point that has the role of Root MEF Point to Multipoint service; see [MEF 10.1] 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 An OVC that can associate at least one Leaf or Trunk OVC End Point Remote Procedure Call Resilient Packet Ring Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Real-time Transport Protocol See - Remote UNI Remote UNI-N (Functional Element) When applied to an EVC it is a non-empty subset of ordered UNI pairs and when applied to an OVC its a non-empty subset of ordered OVC End Point pairs A time interval agreed upon by both the Subscriber and Service Provider during which a service may be disabled by the Service Provider Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Standards Development Organization Subscriber EC A connected subset of the trail Service End Point An Ethernet frame transmitted across the UNI toward the Service Provider or an Ethernet frame transmitted across the UNI toward the Subscriber Appears in MEF 28

Resiliency Performance Responder MEP RFC RMI RMP RNC Root OVC End Point Rooted-Multipoint Rooted-Multipoint EVC

MEF 10.21, 26.1, 36 MEF 35, 36 MEF 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 26.1 MEF 20 MEF 6.1, 10.2, 23.1, 33

Rooted-Multipoint OVC RPC RPR RSTP RTP RUNI RUNI-N S Scheduled Downtime SDH SDO S-EC Segment SEP Service Frame

MEF 26.1 MEF 38, 39 MEF 2, 4 MEF 2 MEF 8, 22.1 MEF 30 MEF 12.1 MEF 23.1, 35 MEF 10.2 MEF 2, 3, 4 MEF 32 MEF 12.1 MEF 2 MEF 32 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23.1, 26.1, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39

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Term + (Abbreviation) Service Frame Delivery Service Level Agreement (SLA) Service Level Specification (SLS) Service Multiplexing Service OAM Service Provider (SP) Description or expanded abbreviations An EVC service attribute defined in [2] The contract between the Subscriber and Service Provider specifying the agreed to service level commitments and related business agreements The technical specification of service level (including performance) A UNI service attribute in which the UNI can be in more than one EVC instance Service OAM is OAM used to monitor an individual Service; see [ITU-T Y.1731] and [IEEE 802.1ag] The organization providing UNI to UNI Ethernet service(s) Appears in MEF 6.1 MEF 6.1, 7, 10.2, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 10.2, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 33 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 29, 33 MEF 20 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23.1, 26.1, 29, 33, 34, 37 MEF 3 MEF 3 MEF 3, 8 MEF 22.1 MEF 4 MEF 7 MEF 35, 36

SES SESR SF S-GW SISingle Rate Service Single-Ended

Severely Errored Second Severely Errored Second Ratio Super Frame Serving Gateway is an LTE function and located at the Network Controller site. In this IA S-GW is one of the options for RAN NC Service Interworking (e.g., SI-NNI) A service that only specifies a CIR/CBS and no EIR/EBS A type of process where a MEP sends a measurement request and the peer MEP replies with the requested information so the originating MEP can calculate the measurement In a dual-ended session, the Sink MEP receives SOAM PM PDUs, from the Controller MEP and performs the performance calculations Service Interworking NNI See - Service Level Agreement Synthetic Loss Message Synthetic Loss Reply See - Service Level Specification

Sink MEP SI-NNI SLA SLM SLR SLS

MEF 35, 36 MEF 17 MEF 2, 3, 6.1, 7, 10.2, 14, 15, 17, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 33 MEF 35, 36 MEF 35 MEF 2, 3, 6.1, 7, 10.2, 12.1, 14, 15, 17, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 32, 33, 35 MEF 4, 15, 17, 29 MEF 12.1 MEF 31, 36, 38, 39

SNI S-NID SNMP

Service Node Interface Service NID Simple Network Management Protocol

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Term + (Abbreviation) SNMP Agent Description or expanded abbreviations An SNMP entity containing one or more command responder and/or notification originator applications (along with their associated SNMP engine). Typically implemented in an NE An SNMP entity containing one or more command generator and/or notification receiver applications (along with their associated SNMP engine). Typically implemented in an EMS or NMS Service Operations, Administration, and Maintenance Service OAM Protocol Data Unit. Specifically, those PDUs defined in [IEEE 802.1ag], [ITU-T Y.1731], or MEF specifications See CoS ID for SOAM PM frames Capabilities of an NE that are required to support SOAM Performance Monitoring. Specifically, those PDUs defined in IEEE 802.1Q-2011 [24], ITU-T Y.1731 [1], or MEF specifications. In ITU-T documents the equivalent term OAM PDU is used Service OAM Protocol Data Unit specifically for Performance Measurement. Examples are LMM/LMR, DMM/DMR/1DM, SLM/SLR Synchronous Optical Network See - Service Provider Ethernet Connection across the SP Shared Risk Group. Set of NEs that are collectively impacted by a specific fault or fault type Shared Risk Link Group Synchronization Status Message Synchronization Source (a field within the RTP protocol, RFC 3550) Service Provider VLAN Tag IEEE 802.1ad Ethernet frames with one tag: S-Tag. The values of the S-VLAN IDs are in the range between 1 and 4094 Spanning Tree Protocol Structure-agnostic emulation is the transport of unstructured TDM, or of structured TDM when the structure is completely disregarded by the transport mechanism Structure-aware emulation is the transport of structured TDM taking at least some level of the structure into account Encapsulation utilized for Structure-Aware TDM transport where TDM structure boundaries are indicated by pointers Appears in MEF 36, 38, 39

SNMP Manager

MEF 31, 36, 38, 39

SOAM SOAM PDU SOAM PM CoS ID SOAM PM Implementation

MEF 22.1, 25, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 35 MEF 35

SOAM PM PDU SONET SP SP-EC SRG SRLG SSM SSRC S-Tag S-Tag frames STP Structure-agnostic

MEF 35 MEF 2, 3, 4 MEF 22.1, 30, 32 MEF 12.1, 22.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 2 MEF 3, 22.1 MEF 8 MEF 23.1, 26.1, 31, 33, 34, 37 MEF 37 MEF 2 MEF 8

Structure-aware Structure-indicated

MEF 8 MEF 8

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Term + (Abbreviation) Structure-locked Subscriber Description or expanded abbreviations Encapsulation utilized for Structure-Aware TDM transport where TDM structure boundaries are indicated by packet payload boundaries The organization purchasing and/or using Ethernet Services. This may be an end user business organization or a mobile operator Subscriber Maintenance Entity Group Subscriber Maintenance Association The MEG at Subscriber Level Service VLAN (also referred to as Provider VLAN) The 12 bit VLAN ID field in the S-Tag of an ENNI Frame An Ethernet frame created to emulate service traffic, carry additional information necessary to support calculating delay or loss and that is treated the same way as a Service Frame SOAM traffic that emulates service traffic in order to measure the performance experience. Delay measurements must use synthetic traffic, because user traffic does not contain standardized timestamp fields. Other measurements, such as Frame Loss, may also use synthetic frames for certain advantages (e.g., ability to measure loss in multipoint services) Time Interval for SLS Metrics. The time over which a Performance Metric is defined. T => Measurement Interval, and generally consists of multiple Measurement Intervals Transport Adaptation Function An optional field in a frame header. In this document it is the 4-byte field that, when present, appears immediately after the Source Address, or another tag in an Ethernet frame header and which consists of the 2-byte Tag Protocol Identification Field (TPID) which indicates S-Tag or C-Tag, and the 2-byte Tag Control Information field (TCI) which contains the 3-bit Priority Code Point, and the 12-bit VLAN ID field TDM Access Line Service Tunnel Attachment Process TAP Network (Functional Element) Textual Conventions Transport Connection Function Transmission Control Protocol Time Division Multiplexing (examples include Nx64 kbit/s, T1, E3, OC-3, STM-1, OC-12) Appears in MEF 8 MEF 2, 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 22.1, 23.1, 26.1, 29, 33, 34, 37 MEF 30 MEF 25 MEF 20 MEF 12.1 MEF 26.1, 33, 34, 37 MEF 35

Subscriber MEG Subscriber-MA Subscriber-MEG S-VLAN S-VLAN ID Synthetic Frame

Synthetic Traffic

MEF 35, 36, 39

MEF 10.21, 23.1, 35, 36

TAF Tag

MEF 12.1 MEF 26.1, 33, 37

TALS TAP TAP-N TC TCF TCP TDM

MEF 3, 8 MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 31, 36, 38, 39 MEF 2 MEF 2 MEF 2, 3, 8

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Term + (Abbreviation) TDM-bound Description or expanded abbreviations 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 See - Tunnel End Point Transport Equipment Test Maintenance Entity Group Special equipment used to generate and monitor traffic for verification purposes Test Maintenance Association The MEG used by Service provider to test the connectivity to UNI-C Termination Function Termination Flow Point Trunk Flow Point Trunk Leaf Flow Point TDM Line Service Type, Length and Value Transport NID Time-of-day A process that classifies the traffic units according to configured rules and ensures traffic is conformant before forwarding the traffic Transport Layer A specific TRANS layer technology 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 Traffic Conditioning Point An OVC End Point that has the role of Trunk TDM Service Processing Test PDU Trail Termination Function An ESC that represents a collection of ESNC End Points at an EI. It is used to facilitate the description of the externally observable behavior of the case where multiple ESNCs are encapsulated into a single service stream within an ESN Appears in MEF 8

TE TE Test MEG Tester Test-MA Test-MEG TF TFP T-FP TL-FP T-Line TLV T-NID ToD Traffic Conditioning TRAN Transport TRAN-trail

MEF 29 MEF 4 MEF 30 MEF 9 MEF 25 MEF 20 MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 3, 8 MEF 16, 20, 21, 22.1, 24, 31, 36, 38, 39 MEF 12.1 MEF 35 MEF 35 MEF 2, 4, 12.1, 17 MEF 2 MEF 2

TrCP Trunk OVC End Point TSP TST TTF Tunnel End Point (TE)

MEF 17 MEF 26.1 MEF 3, 8 MEF 31, 38, 39 MEF 2 MEF 29

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Term + (Abbreviation) Two-way UML UNI Description or expanded abbreviations A measurement of the performance of frames that flow from the Controller MEP to the Responder MEP and back again Unified Modeling Language User Network Interface. The physical demarcation point between the responsibility of the Service Provider and the responsibility of the Subscriber Appears in MEF 35, 36 MEF 31, 36, 38, 39 MEF 2, 3, 4, 6.1, 7, 8, 9, 10.2, 11, 12.1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22.1, 23.1, 24, 25, 26.1, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 MEF 20 MEF 10.2 MEF 30 MEF 6.1, 33 MEF 2, 12.1, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22.1, 24, 25, 27, 30 MEF 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 29, 33 MEF 11 MEF 11 MEF 25 MEF 20 MEF 2, 12.1, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22.1, 24, 25, 27, 30 MEF 10.2 MEF 20, 25, 30 MEF 12.1 MEF 2, 6.1, 7, 9, 10.2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23.1, 29, 33 MEF 12.1, 28 MEF 28 MEF 28 MEF 31, 35, 36, 39

UNI ID UNI Maximum Transmission Unit Size UNI MEG UNI MTU Size UNI-C Unicast Service Frame UNI-EVC UNI-EVCID UNI-MA UNI-MEG UNI-N Unscheduled Downtime Up MEP UP/PCP User Network Interface UTA UTA Component UTA OVC UTC

The Identifier for a UNI The maximum sized Service Frame allowed at the UNI User-to-Network Interface Maintenance Entity Group The maximum sized Service Frame allowed at the UNI The UNI-C is a compound architectural component of a CEN that represents all of the functions required to connect a subscriber to a CEN A Service Frame that has a unicast destination MAC address The part of the EVC between the UNI-N and UNI-C The ID that identifies the part of the EVC between the UNI-N and UNI-C. This can be derived from CE-VLAN ID, Physical Port, TRANS Tag or combination of these User-to-Network Interface Maintenance Association UNI Maintenance Entity Group The UNI-N is a compound architectural component of a CEN that represents all of the functions required to connect a CEN to a CEN subscriber 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 A MEP residing in a Bridge that transmits SOAM PDUs towards, and receives them from, the direction of the Bridge Relay Entity. See also Down MEP User Priority/Priority Code Point The physical demarcation point between the responsibility of the Service Provider and the responsibility of the Subscriber The UNI Tunnel Access associates a VUNI and remote UNI and is composed of VUNI and remote UNI Components and at least one supporting OVC A specific set of capabilities which may be used as part of UTA An OVC in the Network Operators MEN that provides an association of a remote UNI with an ENNI in support of UTA Coordinated Universal Time

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Term + (Abbreviation) VC VID VLAN Virtual Container VLAN Identifier Virtual Local Area Network Description or expanded abbreviations Appears in MEF 3 MEF 25, 30, 31, 35, 38, 39 MEF 4, 6.1, 7, 8, 12.1, 15, 22.1, 23.1, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39 MEF 12.1 MEF 12.1, 17, 17 MEF 17 MEF 3 MEF 12.1, 28, 30

VLAN ID VPLS VPWS VT VUNI

VLAN Identifier Virtual Private LAN Service Virtual Private Wire Service Virtual Tributary Virtual UNI (VUNI) is the component consisting of a collection of service attributes in the VUNI Providers MEN. The VUNI is paired with a remote UNI in a Network Operators MEN An End Point at the VUNI Providers side of a specific ENNI that associates the ENNI with a VUNI in support of UTA The Operator MEN providing the VUNI VUNI Network (Functional Element) Wide Area Network Wideband Code Division Multiple Access Wide Area Ethernet Network Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access Wait to Restore Spanning Tree Protocol (multiple variations) A Data Modeling Language for NETCONF A time interval much smaller than T

VUNI End Point VUNI Provider VUNI-N WAN WCDMA WEN WiMAX WTR xSTP YANG t

MEF 28 MEF 28 MEF 12.1 MEF 4, 12.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 12.1 MEF 22.1 MEF 2 MEF 17 MEF 38, 39 MEF 23.1

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