A technique for controlling and using a reference signal for a radio link between a base station and a radio device is described. As to a method aspect of the technique, a control message indicative of a scrambling identifier selector for selecting a scrambling identifier associated with the radio link is transmitted to the radio device. The transmitted scrambling identifier selector depends on a time index and a link identifier associated with the radio link. Over the radio link, the reference signal is transmitted to or received from the radio device at a time according to the time index. The reference signal is based on a pseudo-random binary sequence, which is generated using a seed value depending on the time index, the scrambling identifier selector and the scrambling identifier selected according to the scrambling identifier selector.