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  ITU-T A.5 justification information for referenced document MEF 22.1.1 in draft G.8011/Y.1307
1. Clear description of the referenced document:
Name: MEF 22.1.1
Title: MEF 22.1.1 - Mobile Backhaul Phase 2 Amendment 1 – Small Cells This is an amendment to MEF 22.1 that addresses the addition of technical content that may be required in certain small cells use cases.
2. Status of approval:
Approved in 2014
3. Justification for the specific reference:
This amendment to Ethernet service definitions in MEF 22.1 supplements MEF 6.2 to form the basis of this Recommendation.
4. Current information, if any, about IPR issues:
No known issues.
5. Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:
Commonly referenced all over the world for metro Ethernet services.
6. The degree of stability or maturity of the document:
Commonly referenced all over the world for metro Ethernet services.
7. Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:
Amendment of MEF 22.1
8. Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:
MEF Specifications /
[1] MEF 3, “Circuit Emulation Service Definitions, Framework and Requirements in Metro Ethernet Networks” /
[2] MEF 4, “Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework Part 1: Generic Framework” /
[3] MEF 6.1, “Ethernet Services Definitions - Phase 2” /
[4] MEF 10.2, “Ethernet Services Attributes - Phase 2” /
[5] MEF 10.2.1, Amendment to MEF 10.2 /
[6] MEF 11, “User Network Interface (UNI) Requirements and Framework” /
[7] MEF 12.1, “Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework Part 2: Ethernet Services Layer” /
[8] MEF 13, “User Network Interface (UNI) Type 1 Implementation Agreement” /
[9] MEF 17, “Service OAM Requirements & Framework” /
[10] MEF 20, “User Network Interface (UNI) Type 2 Implementation Agreement” /
[11] MEF 22.1, “Mobile Backhaul Phase 2 Implementation Agreement” /
[12] MEF 23.1, “Class of Service Phase 2 Implementation Agreement” IEEE Standards /
[13] IEEE 802.1Q-2011, “Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks” /
[14] IEEE 1588-2008, “Standard for A Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol for Network Measurement and Control Systems” /
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ITU-T Recommendations /
[15] ITU-T G.8260, “Definitions and terminology for synchronization in packet networks”, August 2010 /
[16] ITU-T G.705, “Characteristics of plesiochronous digital hierarchy (PDH) equipment functional blocks”, October 2005 /
GSM, CDMA, WCDMA & LTE /
[17] GSM 01.04 v8, “Abbreviations and Acronyms”, May 2000 /
[18] TIA IS-2000.1-A, “Physical Layer Standard for cdma2000 Spread Spectrum Systems”, March 2000 /
[19] 3GPP TS 21.905V12.0.0 (2013-06), “Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications” /
[20] 3GPP TS 36.300V12.1.0 (2014-03),“Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2” /
[21] 3GPP TS 23.203V12.1.0 (2014-03), “Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects;Policy and charging control architecture” /
[22] 3GPP TR 36.842 V12.0.0 (2013-12), “Technical Specification Group Radio Access Networks; Study on Small cell enhancements for E-UTRA and E-UTRAN” /
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BBF /
[23] TR-221 , "Technical Specifications for MPLS in Mobile Backhaul Networks" (October 2011) /
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IETF /
[24] RFC 791, “Internet Protocol” /
[25] RFC 2119, “Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels” /
[26] RFC 2460, “Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification” /
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Wimax Forum Specifications /
[27] WMF-T32-001-R016v01,“WiMAX Forum Network Architecture - Architecture Tenets, Reference Model and Reference Points Base SpecificationStage 2. 2010-11-30” /
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NGMN Alliance /
[28] NGMN Alliance, “NGMN Optimized Backhaul Requirements”, August 2008(http://www.ngmn.org/uploads/media/NGMN_Optimised_Backhaul_Requirements.pdf) Small Cell Forum /
[29] Small Cell Forum 102.02.01, “Release two – Enterprise: Overview”, December 2013 CPRI /
[30] CPRI, “Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI); Interface Specification V6.0”, August 2013 /
9. Qualification of MEF:
The MEF was recognized under the provisions of ITU-T Recommendation A.5 on 24 September 2002. Qualifying information is on file with TSB.
9.5     The IPR policy of the MEF may be found in Article 10 of the MEF Bylaws which are available on the MEF public WEB site metroethernetforum.org.
9.6     All MEF Technical Specifications, Implementation Agreements, and Test Specifications are approved by an electronic letter ballot of all MEF members. For a MEF document to pass an electronic letter ballot at least a quorum of members (defined by the MEF bylaws as 1/3 of the MEF membership) must vote Yes or No. In addition, of the Yes plus No votes at least 75% of the votes must be Yes.
9.7     All published MEF documents are available for download free of charge in PDF or WORD format from the MEF public WEB site www.metroethernetforum.org .
9.8     Each revision of a given MEF document has a different MEF number.
10. Other (for any supplementary information):
None
Note: This form is based on Recommendation ITU-T A.5