Abstract: A method for determining control and scheduling information of a network includes receiving a radio frequency waveform having scrambled downlink control information (DCI), performing a cell search to determine cell identity information, performing a beam search and beam detection to estimate a signal quality of the waveform, decoding scheduling information associated with the waveform, detecting a control channel encoded with an unknown identity based on the scrambling identity and extracting resource elements of the control channel based on the scheduling information, attempting to decode the control channel via a re-encoding technique that is tested for accuracy and, in response to accuracy testing not passing, via a blind scrambling seed recovery technique, recovering the DCI based on the re-encoding technique or the blind scrambling seed recovery technique, and obtaining the control and scheduling information from the DCI.

Abstract: A storage server architecture supporting virtual devices and virtual circuits for storing data is provided. The storage server includes a plurality of communication interfaces. A first set of communication interfaces in the plurality is adapted for connection to all kinds of users of data. A second set of communication interfaces in the plurality is adapted for connection to respective devices in a pool of storage devices. Data processing resources in the server are coupled to the plurality of communication interfaces for transferring data among the interfaces. The data processing resources comprise a plurality of driver modules and configurable logic linking driver modules into data paths. Each configured data path acts as a virtual circuit that includes a set of driver modules selected from the plurality of driver modules. A data storage transaction which is received at a communication interface is mapped to one of the configured data paths.