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A New Industry Standard Is Being Developed for LSO APIs

MEF today announced that a new transformative initiative is being developed to standardize Lifecycle Services Orchestration (LSO) application programming interfaces (APIs) for orchestrating connectivity services across multiple global networks

This initiative is being spearheaded by MEF and TM Forum, in conjunction with major service providers, including AT&T, Colt Technology Services, Level 3, Orange, Comcast, PCCW Global, Verizon, Sparkle, CableLabs and Kyrio, all of which have recently conducted work at MEF to develop a complete suite of inter-provider LSO APIs that use the MEF LSO Framework and the TM Forum Open API framework.

Standardized APIS are critical for enabling agile, assured and orchestrated Third Network Services over networks that are more automated, virtualized and interconnected.

The inter-provider LSO API standardization work will apply to orchestrating widely deployed MEF-defined Carrier Ethernet services in an international market that is estimated to be worth at least $50 billion. This LSO API standardization work can be utilized in the future for orchestrated optical and IP services defined by MEF, and to advance digital ecosystem orchestration and management work being led by TM Forum.

The API standardization effort is being conducted by MEF in partnership with TM Forum. It’s open to both MEF and TM Forum members. The project centers around the LSO Sonata reference point dealing with the operational management and business interactions between Ethernet service providers. The project will build upon and expand TM Forum’s Open API framework, which is led by nine of the world’s largest service providers, as well as initial API development contributions from Orange, AT&T, CableLabs, Colt and Kyrio.

MEF and TM Forum members are aiming to accelerate inter-provider LSO API standardization by implementing a development process that is more agile, and by leveraging many of TM Forum’s 31 Open API specifications. The members are also looking to underpin Information Framework and architecture, and collaborate beyond organizational boundaries for the wider benefit of the industry.

Project participants are now planning for a special software development sprint in late 2017, which will culminate with the first inter-carrier LSO APIs.

It’s expected that eight LSO Sonata API definitions will be standardized. The first three APIs are expected to be defined in the first round of the project, called “LSO Sonata Release 1,” by the end of this year. The definitions concern address validation, service availability, ordering, quoting, billing, assurance, testing, and change management.

Source: MEF media announcement


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