The Cisco uBR-MC20X20V Broadband Processing Engine (BPE) is a next-generation line card for the Cisco uBR10012 universal broadband router. It adds exciting features to the Cisco uBR10012 platform - including 20 upstream and 20 downstream channels - while supporting the industry benchmark standards for excellence and reliability that were established by the Cisco 5x20H BPE.Cisco provides an end-to-end, DOCSIS 3.0-capable solution enabling multiple services to multiple devices over the same infrastructure to both residential and commercial subscribers.This solution will allow service providers to deliver the best possible quality of experience, while minimizing operating expenses and differentiating next-generation services from those of their competitors.Cisco's DOCSIS 3.0 solution with the Cisco uBR-MC20X20V card delivers faster speeds and higher density with a flexible and scalable architecture. The resulting benefits are faster time to market, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), and higher revenues, thus helping operators to prepare their networks for the exponential growth of IP traffic.The Cisco uBR-MC20X20V is an integral part of Cisco's DOCSIS 3.0-capable Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) product portfolio.The Cisco uBR-MC20X20V BPE addresses the needs of cable operators who expect to cost-effectively deploy very high-bandwidth services with DOCSIS 3.0. The line card has been designed to offer an operationally simple upgrade path from the Cisco 5x20H or Cisco 5x20U in terms of both cabling and online insertion and removal (OIR) compatibility.Although the uBR-MC20X20V BPE offers 20 downstream (Annex A or Annex B) and 20 upstream channels, the physical port count remains exactly the same as the Cisco 5x20H, with 5 downstream ports and 20 upstream ports. Each downstream port is capable of carrying four frequency-stacked downstream channels. Each downstream channel is configurable as part of a DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding group or DOCSIS 2.0/1.x channel (primary capable). The line card also supports an extended DOCSIS upstream frequency range of 5 to 65 MHz and downstream of 55 MHz to 1 GHz for DOCSIS operations. Each upstream channel can be configured into a DOCSIS 3.0 upstream channel bonding group while serving DOCSIS 2.0/1.x cable modems/devices at the same time.The Cisco uBR-MC20X20V delivers cutting-edge features and a highly scalable architecture to enable cable operators to deliver carrier-class, IP-based, high-bandwidth, high-speed data, voice, and video services to subscribers.