Patent ID: 8369391

Claim:
A transmitting arrangement in a digital subscriber line system, DSL, comprising at least one vectored DSL system arranged for transmitting data associated with a plurality of modems in a co-ordinated manner, characterised in that an available frequency band is divided into a first part and into a second part disjoint from said first part, wherein the first part is reserved for vectored transmission, such that at least one vectored DSL system is adapted to at least operate on loops associated with modems transmitting on frequencies comprised in the first part of the available frequency band and wherein the second part of the available frequency band is adapted to be used for both vectored and non-vectored transmission such that the at least one vectored DSL system is adapted to at least operate on loops associated with modems transmitting on frequencies comprised in the first part and the second part of the available frequency band and such that said transmitting arrangement transmits data associated with modems transmitting on frequencies within the second part without operation of any vectored DSL system.