In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: receiving, by a user equipment and from a network node, an indication of at least one subset and information comprising parameters for configuring a plurality of radio link control (RLC) entities for data duplication for a radio bearer and mapping at least one configured RLC entity of the plurality of RLC entities to the at least one subset; and based on the information and at least one criterion, determining an activation status of the at least one configured RLC entity in the at least one subset.