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Carrier Ethernet Glossary - CLI to E-Line

AAL1 to CLE - CLI to E-Line - E-LMI to IGP - Ingress to MPLS - MRTIE to SES - SESR to xSTP

This glossary of terms is courtesy of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), of which Accedian Networks is a member. The terms listed are used in various MEF specifications. Please visit this page for details.

Some abbreviations have several meanings depending on the context. For example, CE can mean Carrier Ethernet, Circuit Emulation, Customer Edge, or Customer Equipment.

CLI
Command Line Interface
CM
Color Mode, Configuration Management
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.
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.
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
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
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
CoS
Class of Service
CoS ID/ CoS Identifier
Class of Service Identifier
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.
CPE
Customer Premise Equipment
CR
Clock Recovery.
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
CSPF
Constriant-based Shortest Path First
CUET
Customer Unit Edge Terminal
Current Problem List
Identifies the current existing problems (probable cause), with severity for an entity
Customer
The organization purchasing and/or using Ethernet Services.  Alternate term:  Subscriber
Customer Edge
Equipment on the Subscriber side of the UNI
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.
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. 
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.
C-VLAN
Customer VLAN
Data Service Frame
A Service Frame that is Unicast, Multicast, or Broadcast.
DCE
Data Circuit-terminating Equipment
DI
Data Instance
DLCI
Data Link Connection Identifier.  A number attached to a data frame that identifies the PVC for the data frame. 
DP
Discard Priority
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
DSTM
Derived System Timing Mode. The IWF system clock is derived from the incoming Ethernet frames.
DTM
Derived Timing Mode The recovered service clock is derived from the incoming Ethernet frames.. 
Dual Rate Bandwidth Profile
A bandwidth profile that specifies both a CIR/CBS and EIR/EBS.
DUT
Device Under Test
EAF
ETH Adaptation Function
EBS
Excess Burst Size
ECDX
Emulated Circuit De/Multiplexing Function
ECF
ETH Connection Function, Ethernet Connection Function
ECID
Emulated Circuit Identifier
ECT
Ethernet Connectionless Trail
EEPP
End-to-End Path Protection
EETF
ETH EVC Termination Function
EFCF
ETH Flow Conditioning Function
EFD
ETH Flow Domain
EFM
Ethernet First Mile
EFT
Ethernet Flow Termination
EFTF
Ethernet Flow Termination Function
Egress Bandwidth Profile
A service attribute that specifies the length and 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.
Egress Service Frame
A service frame sent from the Service Provider network to the CE.
EIR
Excess Information Rate
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.
E-LAN
An Ethernet service type that is based on a Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC
E-LAN Service
Ethernet LAN Service
E-Line
An Ethernet service type that is based on a Point-to-Point EVC


AAL1 to CLE - CLI to E-Line - E-LMI to IGP - Ingress to MPLS - MRTIE to SES - SESR to xSTP

 



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