| CPC H04W 8/26 (2013.01) [H04L 25/0204 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |

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1. A method of assigning scrambling identifiers, the method comprising:
assigning, by a baseband unit, a first scrambling identifier to each user equipment of a group of user equipments and each user equipment of a second group of user equipments, such that the first scrambling identifier is the same for each of the user equipments of the group and the same for each of the user equipments of the second group, wherein the first scrambling identifier is different for the user equipments of the group than for the user equipments of the second group; and
assigning, by the baseband unit, a second scrambling identifier to each of the user equipments of the group and each of the user equipments of the second group, such that the second scrambling identifier is different for each of the user equipments of the group and different for each of the user equipments of the second group,
wherein the user equipments of the group are co-scheduled with the user equipments of the second group.
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