This reports the measured near-end frame loss from a completed loss-measurement test, and the description specifically clarifies that for a MEP, near-end loss refers to loss associated with ingress data frames, i.e. traffic coming into this local MEP rather than traffic it sent out. An admin compares this measured figure directly against the configured near-end loss threshold to determine whether the service's ingress-side loss performance is within acceptable bounds. For example, cienaCesCfmFrameLossMsgFrameLossNear returning a nonzero value while overall service throughput otherwise looks healthy would point specifically to ingress-side loss on this local MEP as the source of any customer-reported packet loss, rather than an egress or far-end issue.