Standardized VNF License Management Framework — 2020 Apr
Product Portfolio: Intra-Provider APIs
This White Paper is aimed at Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and their VNF vendors who are currently challenged with introducing large numbers of VNFs into the Service Provider’s environment due to high overhead involved in agreeing and managing VNF licenses.
The Case for Standardized and Automated Inter-Provider Business Interface — 2020 Feb
Also See: Business and Operational Aspects of Implementing LSO Sonata
Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata, Carrier Ethernet
This paper is aimed at those decision makers within ICT-SPs (Information and Communications Technologies Service Providers including traditional telcos, MSOs, MNOs, cloud operators and other entities involved in wholesale supply of data services) and their wholesale data services partners that are discussing adoption of standardized and automated inter-provider business interfaces.
Business and Operational Aspects of Implementing LSO Sonata — 2020 Feb
Also See: The Case for Standardized and Automated Inter-Provider Business Interface
Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata, Carrier Ethernet
This White Paper is aimed at service providers that have made a decision to create a standardized zero-touch/automated inter-provider commercial and business interface based on MEF’s extensive LSO Sonata APIs and underlying standards.
MEF 81.0.1 MEF 81.0.1 Amendment to MEF 81: Product Inventory Management — 2020 Feb
Amends: 81
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata
Standard Type: Service Lifecycle
This amendment addresses seven known issues with MEF 81.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – Intra-Provider Automation with LSO APIs – LSO Presto & LSO Legato — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: LSO Legato, LSO Presto
Product Portfolio: Intra-Provider APIs
MEF's intra-domain service and network orchestration is addressed by the North-South APIs, including LSO Presto, LSO Legato and LSO Adagio. Here the key elements of LSO Presto and LSO Legato which interface from the business layer through to the domain controller layer of service provider's domain are detailed.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – Automation of LSO APIs Using Intent-Based Networking — 2019 Nov
Product Portfolio: APIs
MEF’s initial Intent-Based Networking (IBN) work aims to enable an SD-WAN service subscriber to set intent-related performance and security objectives and have those be translated into granular technical policies at the network level.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – Inter-Provider Automation – LSO Sonata Roadmap & Use Cases — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata
LSO Sonata is the corner-stone effort of inter-provider service automation, enabling service provider partners to use automation to manage their service-oriented business functions, from serviceability to order. Initial service automation is focused on MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet services, delivering increased business velocity for the service provider and its enterprise customers.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF 3.0 LSO Sonata Certification — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: LSO Sonata
Product Portfolio: LSO Sonata
MEF LSO Sonata Certification will enable the verification and resulting business velocity to inter-provider service automation by establishing and validating adherence to the LSO Sonata API standards.
MEF 3.0 Workshop – End-to-End Service Automation – LSO Framework and API Standardization — 2019 Nov
Primary Resource for: LSO Interlude
Product Portfolio: APIs, LSO Interlude
MEF’s LSO Reference Architecture guides agile development of standardized LSO APIs that enable end-to-end automation of MEF 3.0 services across multiple providers and over multiple network technology domains (e.g., Optical Transport, CE, IP, 5G, etc.).