Patent ID: 8824265

Claim:
A method for configuring communication parameters for communication through a first multi-carrier data communication path established over a first subscriber line, the method comprising: detecting a request whereby a second multi-carrier data communication path is to be initialized over a second subscriber line, postponing initialization of said second data communication path in response to the detected request, acquiring, while the initialization of said second data communication path is postponed, crosstalk characteristics from said second subscriber line towards said first subscriber line and from at least one further subscriber line towards said first subscriber line, the at least one further subscriber line including at least one already active subscriber line, deriving, while the initialization of said second data communication path is postponed, from said crosstalk characteristics a parameter value characterizing a virtual noise model used for communication over said first data communication path, applying, while the initialization of said second data communication path is postponed, said parameter value for further communication over said first data communication path, and resuming initialization of said second data communication path.