One of the key objectives of OAM is to measure quality-of-service (QoS) attributes, such as frame delay, frame delay variation (“frame jitter”) and frame loss. Such measurements enable you to identify network problems before customers are impacted by network defects. IEEE 802.1ab Ethernet frame loss measurement (ETH-LM) operates between associated end points configured on either physical Ethernet or logical VLAN interfaces. Near end and far end frame loss measurements are performed by sending frames with ETH-LM information to a peer endpoint and similarly receiving frames with ETH-LM information from the that peer. This type of frame loss measurement is also known as single-ended Ethernet loss measurement.