- Media Endpoint Discovery (MED); LLDP does not
contain the capability of negotiating additional information such
as PoE management and VLAN assignments. This capability was added
as an enhancement known as Media Endpoint Discovery or MED, resulting
in the enhanced protocol LLDP-MED.The MED enhancement has been standardized
by the Telecommunications Industry Association in standard number
ANSI/TIA-1057.
- Multi Exit Discriminator (MED) for routes received from different
autonomous systems; MED is one of the parameters considered for
selecting the best path among many alternative paths. The path with
a lower MED is preferred over a path with a higher MED.