diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.cc b/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.cc
index 937ea8b371d725fecdb36b095317291edef2f02d..b3aa5f333c51de3bc5fddb4fc74ae0878ffcf4b9 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.cc
@@ -496,35 +496,6 @@ namespace AMDiS {
   }
 
 
-  void MeshDistributor::synchVector(DOFVector<double> &vec)
-  {
-    StdMpi<vector<double> > stdMpi(mpiComm);
-
-    for (RankToDofContainer::iterator sendIt = sendDofs.begin();
-	 sendIt != sendDofs.end(); ++sendIt) {
-      vector<double> dofs;
-      int nSendDofs = sendIt->second.size();
-      dofs.reserve(nSendDofs);
-      
-      for (int i = 0; i < nSendDofs; i++)
-	dofs.push_back(vec[*((sendIt->second)[i])]);
-
-      stdMpi.send(sendIt->first, dofs);
-    }
-
-    for (RankToDofContainer::iterator recvIt = recvDofs.begin();
-	 recvIt != recvDofs.end(); ++recvIt)
-      stdMpi.recv(recvIt->first, recvIt->second.size());
-
-    stdMpi.startCommunication();
-
-    for (RankToDofContainer::iterator recvIt = recvDofs.begin();
-	 recvIt != recvDofs.end(); ++recvIt)
-      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < recvIt->second.size(); i++)
-	vec[*(recvIt->second)[i]] = stdMpi.getRecvData(recvIt->first)[i];
-  }
-
-
   void MeshDistributor::synchVector(SystemVector &vec)
   {
     int nComponents = vec.getSize();
@@ -958,6 +929,26 @@ namespace AMDiS {
   }
 
 
+  void MeshDistributor::createBoundaryDofs(std::set<DegreeOfFreedom> &boundaryDofs)
+  {
+    FUNCNAME("MeshDistributor::createBoundaryDofs()");
+
+    boundaryDofs.clear();
+
+    for (RankToDofContainer::iterator it = sendDofs.begin();
+	 it != sendDofs.end(); ++it)
+      for (DofContainer::iterator dofIt = it->second.begin();
+	   dofIt != it->second.end(); ++dofIt)
+	boundaryDofs.insert(**dofIt);
+
+    for (RankToDofContainer::iterator it = recvDofs.begin();
+	 it != recvDofs.end(); ++it)
+      for (DofContainer::iterator dofIt = it->second.begin();
+	   dofIt != it->second.end(); ++dofIt)
+	boundaryDofs.insert(**dofIt);
+  }
+
+
   void MeshDistributor::serialize(ostream &out, DofContainer &data)
   {    
     int vecSize = data.size();
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.h b/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.h
index 0e6622d0ed0b012312465f6fccf4b1c1b186ba9e..e2fdd8fb68a375a18fcd9fc9e9efc07d6412d71e 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.h
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "parallel/ParallelTypes.h"
 #include "parallel/MeshPartitioner.h"
 #include "parallel/InteriorBoundary.h"
+#include "parallel/StdMpi.h"
 #include "AMDiS_fwd.h"
 #include "Global.h"
 #include "ProblemTimeInterface.h"
@@ -239,6 +240,10 @@ namespace AMDiS {
       return recvDofs;
     }
 
+    /// Creates a set of all DOFs that are on interior boundaries of rank's
+    /// domain. Thus, it creates the union of \ref sendDofs and \ref recvDofs.
+    void createBoundaryDofs(std::set<DegreeOfFreedom> &boundaryDofs);
+
     // Writes all data of this object to an output stream.
     void serialize(ostream &out);
 
@@ -255,8 +260,35 @@ namespace AMDiS {
      * after the DOFVector is set by some user defined functions, e.g., initial
      * solution functions.
      */    
-    void synchVector(DOFVector<double> &vec);
-
+    template<typename T>
+    void synchVector(DOFVector<T> &vec) 
+    {
+      StdMpi<vector<T> > stdMpi(mpiComm);
+
+      for (RankToDofContainer::iterator sendIt = sendDofs.begin();
+	   sendIt != sendDofs.end(); ++sendIt) {
+	vector<T> dofs;
+	int nSendDofs = sendIt->second.size();
+	dofs.reserve(nSendDofs);
+	
+	for (int i = 0; i < nSendDofs; i++)
+	  dofs.push_back(vec[*((sendIt->second)[i])]);
+	
+	stdMpi.send(sendIt->first, dofs);
+      }
+      
+      for (RankToDofContainer::iterator recvIt = recvDofs.begin();
+	   recvIt != recvDofs.end(); ++recvIt)
+	stdMpi.recv(recvIt->first, recvIt->second.size());
+      
+      stdMpi.startCommunication();
+      
+      for (RankToDofContainer::iterator recvIt = recvDofs.begin();
+	   recvIt != recvDofs.end(); ++recvIt)
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < recvIt->second.size(); i++)
+	  vec[*(recvIt->second)[i]] = stdMpi.getRecvData(recvIt->first)[i];      
+    }
+    
     /** \brief
      * Works in the same way as the function above defined for DOFVectors. Due to
      * performance, this function does not call \ref synchVector for each DOFVector,