Patent ID: 7991122

Claim:
A method of adding a new DSL line set to an already-operating DSL line set, the method comprising: collecting operational data, via a data collection unit, from the new DSL line set and the already-operating DSL line set; performing, via an analysis unit coupled to the collection unit, the following operations: analyzing the collected operational data; determining an operational configuration for at least one DSL line in the new DSL line set that will allow the new DSL line set to join the already-operating DSL line set without disrupting the already-operating DSL line set; evaluating data received by the new DSL line set; and evaluating data received by the already-operating DSL line set; and sending control signals, via a control signal generator coupled to the analysis unit, to the new DSL line set and to the already-operating DSL line set, further wherein the control signals comprise signals controlling operation of at least one of the following: the new DSL line set; or the already-operating DSL line set; and wherein the controller is configured to evaluate whether crosstalk from the new DSL line set affects the already-operating DSL line set.