Patent ID: 8761348

Claim:
A method comprising: operating a plurality of DSL lines as an already-operating DSL line set within a vectoring system; integrating one or more new DSL lines that are not yet in operation into the already-operating DSL line set by performing the following operations: operating the one or more new DSL lines at a first transmit power or spectrum control setting concurrently with the already-operating DSL line set; transmitting one or more number of tones on the one or more new DSL lines at a second transmit power or spectrum control in response to evaluating concurrent operation of the one or more new DSL lines and the already-operating DSL line set; configuring operation of the one or more new DSL lines in response to transmitting the one or more number of tones on the one or more new DSL lines at the second transmit power or spectrum control which is higher than the first transmit power or spectrum control; and wherein the one or more number of tones are to be included in the vectoring system.