Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interference in communications systems are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises scrambling a first frame using a first scrambling code (1300), attaching a first header to the first frame to create the first signal (1302), scrambling a second frame using a second scrambling code (1304), attaching a second header to the second frame to create the second signal (1306), and transmitting the first signal and the second signal over different channels of th communication system (1308).