Universal Broadband Router Hardware Installation Guide

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Cisco uBR10012 Universal Broadband Router Hardware Installation Guide
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Cisco uBR10012 Universal Broadband Router
Overview
The Cisco uBR10012 universal broadband router provides a high-end, high-performance, high-capacity
Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) solution. The Cisco
uBR10012 router is an aggregation
platform that places a new level of intelligence and performance at the edge of the network, enabling
cable service providers to maximize their revenues by delivering more feature-rich services to their
customers. The system can provide high-speed data, broadband entertainment, and IP telephony services
to residential and commercial subscribers using cable modems or digital set-top boxes (STBs).
The Cisco uBR10012 router is based on the Data-over-Cable Service Interface Specifications
(DOCSIS), which were developed by a cable industry initiative to ensure the reliable and secure
operation of cable data networks. The router can interoperate with cable modems or STBs that support
the DOCSIS 1.0, DOCSIS 1.0+, DOCSIS 1.1, EuroDOCSIS 1.1, DOCSIS 2.0, and EuroDOCSIS 2.0
versions of the DOCSIS specification.
DOCSIS supports the 6 MHz North American channel plans using the ITU J.83 Annex B RF standard.
The downstream uses a 6 MHz channel width in the 85 to 860 MHz frequency range, and the upstream
supports the 5 to 42 MHz frequency range. Each chassis can support multiple standards and multiple
interfaces, allowing operators to choose the appropriate services and devices that optimize their capital
investment with a single CMTS platform.
The Cisco uBR10012 router supports data and digitized voice connectivity over a bidirectional cable
television and IP backbone network, using advanced quality of service (QoS) techniques to ensure that
real-time traffic such as voice can be reliably delivered, while still transmitting other traffic on a
best-effort basis. The Cisco
uBR10012 router concentrates traffic from two-way DOCSIS-based cable
modems and STBs that is transmitted over the coaxial cable television (CATV) network, and presents
that traffic to local and remote Internet Protocol (IP) hosts over its high-speed network uplink interfaces.
The Cisco uBR10012 universal broadband router uses the same Parallel Express Forwarding (PXF)
technology used by the Cisco
ESR10000 edge services router. The combination of PXF technology with
Cisco's CMTS solutions creates a cost-effective, scalable, and industry-proven CMTS that provides
consistent, high-performance throughput that is optimized for high-volume traffic over a cable network.
Based on the Cisco IOS networking software, the router supports the most advanced networking and
routing options. Also, with access to current and future software enhancements, the router ensures
investment protection as standards and customer needs continue to evolve.
Warning Only trained and qualified personnel should be allowed to install, replace, or service this equipment.
Statement 1030.