The 1-port OC-48c/STM-16 POS Line Card is well suited as a high-speed uplink in numerous solutions. Examples include use as a WAN uplink for a CPE device to use as an uplink from the edge to the distribution layer or core in various network deployments. Utilizing the Cisco NSE-100 Route Processor on the Cisco 7300, this OC-48c/STM-16 POS Line Card can leverage multi-protocol capability from Cisco IOS, and Parallel eXpress Forwarding (PXF) technology to deliver hardware-accelerated IP network services.