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MEF World Tour Ethernet Business Services Bangalore, 2009 Moderator: Siva Ramamoorthy Head of Marketing, Tejas Networks. Opening Address Kevin Vachon Chief Operating Officer, MEF. . . MEF Mission
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1. MEF World TourEthernet Business Services Bangalore, 2009
3. Opening Address Kevin VachonChief Operating Officer, MEF
5. Carrier Ethernet Defined
6. MEF Membership
7. Carrier Ethernet Reach COPPER, FIBER, EPON, WIRELESS, COAX CABLECOPPER, FIBER, EPON, WIRELESS, COAX CABLE
8. 2009: Carrier Ethernet: “bright spot in the market” Network World’s eye on 2009
“Carrier Ethernet takes center stage. For the first time in years, there's a real challenge to the dominance of Layer 3 (VPN) in the WAN” Johna Till Johnson, Nemertes Research,1/15/09
Infonetics Research
“Ethernet services remain a bright spot in the worldwide economic downturn due to lower price per bit, bandwidth flexibility, and one-time equipment connection convenience” Michael Howard, Infonetics Research, 12/19/08
9. MEF Technical Work Recently Approved Specifications
MEF 20 UNI Type 2 Implementation Agreement (IA)
MEF 21 UNI Type 2 Test Suite
MEF 22 Mobile Backhaul IA
15 Technical Projects in Progress including:
External Network-Network Interface (E-NNI)
Classes of Service alignment between service providers
Network Interface Devices
Ethernet Service Constructs
Service OAM Performance Management
Service OAM Fault Management
E-NNI and UNI Test Suites
All the requirements in the document are still under discussion. The MEF can not provide any hard requirements for the Mobile Backhaul, but can provider general rules of thumb in most areas.All the requirements in the document are still under discussion. The MEF can not provide any hard requirements for the Mobile Backhaul, but can provider general rules of thumb in most areas.
10. MEF Certification Programs: MEF 9,14,18 Assures service providers that Carrier Ethernet equipment complies with MEF Specifications
Assures enterprises that Certified Carrier Ethernet services will perform to defined service level specifications – minimizes risk
Facilitates migration to Carrier Ethernet – assurance that SP Carrier Ethernet offering is reliable and supports converged applications
11. MEF Certification Program
12. Service Provider Certifications: 2006 - 2008
13. www.metroethernetforum.org
14. MEF Global Services Directory Business Users
Find Carrier Ethernet services anywhere in the world.
Service Providers
Find a partner to build a global Carrier Ethernet service.
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Latest information on available services globally, locally.
Free access to interactive map driven system on MEF web site
Launched with first 17 service providers,
Service Provider Login and maintenance
15. Thank YouKevin VachonChief Operating Officer, MEF