A method for operating a first network device of a communications network, wherein the method comprises: determining or receiving (102), by means of an ingress interface, an ingress
data stream comprising
payload data to be transmitted towards a second network device; determining or receiving (104), by means of a correlation observer, at least one correlation value for a plurality of communication paths between the first network device and the second network device, wherein each of the plurality of communication paths comprises a different one of a plurality of physical channels; determining (106), by means of a multi-
connectivity controller, a plurality of egress data streams in dependence on the at least one correlation value and in dependence on the ingress
data stream; and transmitting (108), via a respective one of a plurality of egress queues, wherein each egress
data stream is associated with a different one of the plurality of paths.