Patent ID: 8588150

Claim:
A method that facilitates scrambling data for transmission in a wireless communication environment, comprising: initializing a scrambling sequence based at least in part upon a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) that is a function of a transmission type corresponding to data to be transmitted; scrambling the data with the scrambling sequence to yield scrambled data; and transmitting the scrambled data to at least one receiving wireless communication apparatus; wherein at least one of: a type of the RNTI, for a downlink data channel transmission, is from a first set of RNTI types that includes System Information RNTI (SI-RNTI), Paging RNTI (P-RNTI), Random Access RNTI (RA-RNTI), Temporary Cell RNTI (Temporary C-RNTI), Semi-Persistent Scheduling Cell RNTI (SPS C-RNTI), and Cell RNTI (C-RNTI); or a type of the RNTI, for an uplink data channel transmission, is from a second set of RNTI types that includes at least the Temporary C-RNTI, the SPS C-RNTI, and the C-RNTI.