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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Christoph Thein, Hildesheim, DE;
Hugues Narcisse Tchouankem, Hemmingen, DE;
Marie-Theres Suer, Braunschweig, DE;
Oscar Dario Ramos Cantor, Hildesheim, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a first network device of a communications network, wherein the method comprises: determining or receiving, by means of an ingress interface, an ingress data stream comprising payload data to be transmitted towards a second network device; determining or receiving, 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, 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, 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.