Mobile Backhaul & the Role of Carrier Ethernet

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Carrier Ethernet Services & Attributes (72 topics)

• EVC & OVC Types and Service Definitions
• What is Carrier Ethernet?
• Carrier Ethernet Architecture
• MEF Carrier Ethernet Terminology
• Definition & Role of the User-Network Interface (UNI)
• Supported Frame Types at the UNI
• Definition & Role of the Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC)
• UNI Types & supported features: Type 1 (1.1 & 1.2), Type 2 (2.1 & 2.2)
• MEF 10.3 Service Model
• Carrier Ethernet Service Definitions & Service Types
• Difference between Private (Port-based) and Virtual Private ( VLAN-based) service
• E-Line (Point-to-Point) Service
• Ethernet Private Line (EPL) Service and its usage
• What is Service Multiplexing and its usage
• Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) Service and its usage
• E-LAN (Multipoint-to-Multipoint) Services
• Ethernet Private LAN (EP-LAN) Service and its usage
• Ethernet Virtual Private LAN (EVP-LAN) Service and its usage
• E-Tree (Rooted-Multipoint) Service
• Definition & Capabilities of Root (single & multiple) and Leaf UNIs
• Ethernet Tree (Rooted-Multipoint) Service
• Ethernet Private Tree (EP-Tree) Service and its usage
• Ethernet Virtual Private Tree (EVP-Tree) Service and its usage
• Examples of Service types deployed across single & multiple CENs
• Multiple Operator Service Model (MEF 26.1)
• Definition and Role of Service Provider, Operator, Operator Virtual Connection
• Definition and Role of the External Network-Network Interface (ENNI)
• MEF defined ENNI Requirements
• Connecting between Operator CENs
• Definition and Role of the Operator Virtual Connection (OVC)
• OVC Endpoints
• Mapping Service Frames to OVC Endpoints at the UNI
• Mapping ENNI Frames to OVC Endpoints at the ENNI
• Creating EVCs from the concatenation of OVC Endpoints
• OVC Types: Point-to-Point OVC; Multipoint-to-Multipoint OVC; Rooted-Multipoint OVC
• Trunk OVC Endpoint and its behaviour
• Rooted-Multipoint across the ENNI: Forwarding behaviour and Trunk Identifiers
• Service examples using Trunk OVC Endpoints
• O-Line, O-LAN, O-Tree Service Definitions MEF 51
• E-Access Services MEF 33/MEF 51
• Access E-Line Service Definition & Access E-LAN Service Definition MEF 51
• Transit E-Line Service Definition & Transit E-LAN Service Definition MEF 51
• EVC Service Attributes and Parameter Values
• What Service Attributes describe
• MEF 6.2 revisions and changes from MEF 6.1 & MEF 6.1.1
• Per UNI Attributes: UNI ID; Physical Layer; Synchronous Mode; Number of Links; UNI Resiliency; Service Frame Format; UNI Maximum Service Frame Size; Service Multiplexing; CE-VLAN ID for Untagged & Priority tagged frames; Maximum Number of EVCs; Bundling; All to One Bundling; Token Share; Envelopes; Ingress/Egress Bandwidth Profile per UNI; Link OAM; UNI MEG; E-LMI; UNI L2CP Address Set; UNI L2CP Peering
• EVC Per UNI Attributes: UNI EVC ID; Class of Service Identifier for Data Service Frame; Class of Service Identifier for L2CP Service Frame; Class of Service Identifier for SOAM Service Frame; Color Identifier for Service Frame; Egress Equivalence Class Identifier for Data Service Frames; Egress Equivalence Class Identifier for L2CP Service Frames; Egress Equivalence Class Identifier for SOAM Service Frames; Ingress/Egress Bandwidth Profile per EVC; Ingress Bandwidth Profile per Class of Service Identifier; Egress Bandwidth Profile per Egress Equivalence Class; Source MAC Address List; Test MEG; Subscriber MEG MIP
• EVC Attributes: EVC Type; EVC ID; UNI List; Maximum Number of UNIs; Unicast/Multicast/Broadcast Service Frame Delivery; CE-VLAN ID Preservation; CE-VLAN CoS Preservation; EVC Performance; EVC Maximum Service Frame Size
• Specific Service Attribute Requirements for port-based E-line, E-LAN, and E-Tree services
• Specific Service Attribute Requirements for VLAN-based E-Line, E-LAN, and E-Tree services
• OVC Service Attributes and Parameter Values
• Operator Service Attributes and associated attributes
• ENNI Service Attributes MEF 26.1: Operator ENNI Identifier; Physical Layer; Frame Format; Number of Links; Protection Mechanism; ENNI MTU Size; End Point Map; Bundling at the ENNI; Maximum Number of OVCs; Maximum Number of OVC End Points per OVC
• OVC End Point per ENNI Service Attributes MEF 51: OVC End Point Identifier; Trunk Identifiers; Class of Service Identifiers; Ingress/Egress Bandwidth Profile per OVC End Point; Ingress/Egress Bandwidth Profile per ENNI Class of Service Identifier; Maintenance End Point List; Maintenance Intermediate Point
• OVC per UNI Service Attributes MEF 51: UNI OVC Identifier; OVC End Point Map; Class of Service Identifiers; Ingress/Egress Bandwidth Profile per OVC End Point at a UNI; Ingress/Egress Bandwidth Profile per Class of Service Identifier at a UNI; Maintenance End Point List; Subscriber MEG MIP
• Common OVC Service Attributes MEF 51: OVC Identifier; OVC Type; OVC End Point List; Maximum Number of UNI OVC End Points; Maximum Number of ENNI OVC End Points; OVC Maximum Transmission Unit Size; CE-VLAN ID Preservation; CE-VLAN CoS Preservation; S-VLAN ID Preservation; S-VLAN CoS Preservation; Color Forwarding; Service Level Specification; Unicast/Multicast/Broadcast Service Frame Delivery; OVC Available MEG Level
• Constrained OVC Service Attributes and Requirements for O-Line, O-LAN, and O-Tree Services
• Constrained Attributes and requirements for Access E-Line and Access E-LAN Services
• Constrained Attributes and requirements for Transit E-Line and Transit E-LAN Services
• Multi-CEN L2CP
• Basic Terminology: Discard; Filter; Pass; Peer
• L2CP Frames and L2CP Addresses
• L2CP Behavioural Model
• L2CP Decision Point
• The Subscriber/Service Provider view of L2CP Behavioural Model
• The Operator/Service Provider view of L2CP Behavioural Model
• L2CP Service Attributes: L2CP Address Set Service Attribute; L2CP Peering Service Attribute; ENNI Tagged L2CP Frame Processing Service Attribute
• L2CP Processing Requirements
• Service Requirements for L2CP

Class of Service and Traffic Management (19 topics)

• Class of Service
• CoS Basic Definitions
• CoS Identifiers
• MEF 23.2 Class of Service Implementation Agreement
• MEF 23.2 CoS Terminology: Frame Set; CoS Name; CoS Label;
• MEF Standardized CoS
• Performance Tiers (PT0.3, PT1 - PT4) and their CoS Performance Objectives
• Bandwidth Profiles and Bandwidth Profile Flows
• Bandwidth Profiles
• Token Share
• Envelopes
• Bandwidth Profile Flow Criteria
• Bandwidth Profile Parameters
• Effect of each Bandwidth Profile Parameter
• Bandwidth Profile Algorithm
• Bandwidth Profile Algorithm for an Envelope
• Bandwidth Profile Parameters for a MEF 6.1 Service
• Examples of Bandwidth Profile Operation for different Token Sharing configurations

Service Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (33 topics)

• What is Service OAM
• Service OAM Framework
• Range and scope of Service OAM
• OAM Domains
• Maintenance Entities, Maintenance Entity Group, Maintenance Entity Group Levels
• MEF 17 Terminology
• Comparison of IEEE/ITU-T Terminology
• Life Cycle of an Ethernet Service
• Elements of an Ethernet Service
• Fault Management: Link OAM; SOAM
• Connectivity Fault Management (IEEE 802.1ag)
• Continuity Check: Operation and usage; PDU Structure and Parameters
• Loopback: Operation and usage
• Linktrace: Operation and usage
• Remote Defect Indication
• Alarm Indication Signal
• Lock Indication
• Test Messages: In-service; out-of-service
• SOAM Fault Management Implementation Agreement (MEF 30.1)
• Performance Management
• Multi-CoS performance metrics
• Ordered UNI Pairs, Subsets of Ordered UNI Pairs; Ordered OVC End Point Pairs; Subsets of Ordered OVC End Point Pairs
• Performance Metrics: One Way Frame Delay Performance; One Way Frame Delay Range Performance; One Way Mean Frame Delay Performance; Inter-Frame Delay Variation Performance; One Way Loss Performance; Availability Performance; Resiliency Performance (High Loss Interval, Consecutive High Loss Interval); Group Availability
• SOAM Performance Monitoring Implementation Agreement (MEF 35.1)
• PM Definitions
• Synthetic traffic versus Real traffic measurement
• One Way and Two Way Loss Measurement
• Single-ended Loss Measurement
• Definition of PM Solution, PM Function, PM Tool, and PM PDU
• SOAM PM Solutions: PM-1, PM-2, PM-3, PM-4. Which metrics are associated with each PM
• Performance Measurement Storage
• Basic Requirements of Measurement Interval Data Sets
• Measurement Bin Requirements

Ethernet, MEF Basics, and MEF Certification (21 topics)

• Structure of MEF and the Committees
• MEF Attributes of Carrier Ethernet
• Technical Documents produced by MEF Technical Committee
• MEF Specification Summary
• MEF Definitions, Service Level Agreement and Service Level Specification
• MEF Certification
• MEF Certification Programs
• Requirements for MEF Certification
• MEF Equipment Certification : Benefits of Certification to the Vendor
• MEF Service Provider Certification: Benefits of Certification to the Service Provider
• Professional Certification Deliverables
• Equipment Provider Certification: What is tested in CE2.0 Blueprint and what is not tested; Testing process for Vendors
• Service Provider Certification: What is tested in CE2.0 Blueprint; Testing Process
• Ethernet
• Service Frame Format, MAC Addresses, Tagged/Untagged Service Frames
• Basic Ethernet Principles
• Address Learning
• Flooding of Unlearned MAC Address Frames
• Forwarding/Filtering Decisions

Infrastructure, Operations, and Applications (86 topics)

• Transport Technologies
• Provider Bridging (PB): How it works; Scalability limitations
• Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB): How it works; support for Carrier Ethernet Services
• Provider Backbone Bridging with Traffic Engineering Extensions (PBB-TE): How it works; support for Carrier Ethernet Services
• Traditional Sonet/SDH: How it works; structure and capabilities
• Next Generation Sonet/SDH: making efficient use of existing infrastructure
• Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS): How it works; Label structure; Label Switched Paths(LSPs); MPLS Pseudowires
• Applications of MPLS: Traffic Engineering; L2/L3 VPNs
• MPLS with Traffic Engineering Extensions (MPLS-TE): How traffic engineered LSPs and Pseudowires can be established to provide bandwidth and performance guarantees
• Generalized MPLS (GMPLS)
• MPLS Virtual Private Wire Service (MPLS-VPWS): How it works; Usage limitation