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| 20080235556 | REVERSE CONCATENATION FOR PRODUCT CODES - A system is provided to encode data for recording onto media whereby modulation and linear constraints from a concatenated code or product code are imposed. A first array of unencoded user data is generated. Each row is modulation encoded to enforce a first modulation constraint; the array is transformed into a second array which is transformed into a third array having predetermined empty locations in each column interleaved with the modulated data. A C2-parity byte is computed for at least some of the empty locations of the third array and a fourth array is generated. C1-parity symbols in each row are computed, generating a fifth array. A second modulation constraint is enforced on each C1-parity symbol in each row of the fifth array, generating a sixth array. The rows of the sixth array are assembled with header and sync fields for recording onto a recording media. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080235562 | REVERSE CONCATENATION FOR PRODUCT CODES - Method and computer program product are provided to encode data for recording onto media whereby modulation and linear constraints from a concatenated code or product code are imposed. A first array of unencoded user data is generated. Each row is modulation encoded to enforce a first modulation constraint; the array is transformed into a second array which is transformed into a third array having predetermined empty locations in each column interleaved with the modulated data. A C2-parity byte is computed for at least some of the empty locations of the third array and a fourth array is generated. C1-parity symbols in each row are computed, generating a fifth array. A second modulation constraint is enforced on each C1-parity symbol in each row of the fifth array, generating a sixth array. The rows of the sixth array are assembled with header and sync fields for recording onto a recording media. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080256422 | Apparatus for Providing Error Correction Capability to Longitudinal Position Data - A method and apparatus for providing error correction capability to longitudinal position data are disclosed. Initially, data are encoded via a set of even LPOS words and a set of odd LPOS words. The encoded data are then decoded by generating a set of syndrome bits for each of the LPOS words. A determination is then made as to whether or not there is an error within one of the LPOS words based on its corresponding syndrome bits. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256423 | Apparatus for Providing Error Correction Capability to Longitudinal Position Data - A method and apparatus for providing error correction capability to longitudinal position data are disclosed. Initially, data are encoded via a set of even LPOS words and a set of odd LPOS words. The encoded data are then decoded by generating a set of syndrome bits for each of the LPOS words. A determination is then made as to whether or not there is an error within one of the LPOS words based on its corresponding syndrome bits. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080284624 | HIGH-RATE RLL ENCODING - An unencoded m-bit data input sequence is divided into a block of n bits and a block of m−n bits. The block of n bits is divided into a first set of n+1 encoded bits, wherein at least one of P1 subblocks of the first set satisfies a G, M and I constraints. The first set of n+1 encoded bits is mapped into a second set of n+1 encoded bits wherein at least one of P2 subblocks of the second set gives rise to at least Q1 transitions after 1/(1+D | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090027242 | HIGH-RATE RLL ENCODING - An unencoded m-bit data input sequence is divided into a block of n bits and a block of m-n bits. The block of n bits is divided into a first set of n+1 encoded bits, wherein at least one of P1 subblocks of the first set satisfies a G, M and I constraints. The first set of n+1 encoded bits is mapped into a second set of n+1 encoded bits wherein at least one of P2 subblocks of the second set gives rise to at least Q1 transitions after 1/(1+D | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090207515 | ERROR CORRECTION CAPABILITY FOR LONGITUDINAL POSITION DATA IN A TAPE STORAGE SYSTEM - A longitudinal position (LPOS) word L(n) is encoded with error correction capability. The LPOS word includes a plurality of LPOS symbols L | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100177420 | REWRITING CODEWORD OBJECTS TO MAGNETIC DATA TAPE UPON DETECTION OF AN ERROR - During a read-after-write operation on magnetic tape, a first SCO is formed which includes two encoded processed user data units and is one of T SCOs in a first SCO set. The user data units are each one of T user data units in first and second user data unit sets, respectively, within the first SCO set. The first SCO set is written to the magnetic tape and is immediately read. When an error is detected in one of the user data units, a second SCO is formed to include the first user data unit and, only if an error is not detected in a user data unit in the other user data unit set, to not include the other user data unit, the second SCO being one of T SCOs in a second SCO set. Then, the second SCO set is rewritten to a later position on the tape later. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177422 | REWRITE-EFFICIENT ECC/INTERLEAVING FOR MULTI-TRACK RECORDING ON MAGNETIC TAPE - For writing data to multi-track tape, a received data set is received and segmented into unencoded subdata sets, each comprising an array having K | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100180180 | ECC INTERLEAVING FOR MULTI-TRACK RECORDING ON MAGNETIC TAPE - Conventional C2 coding and interleaving for multi-track data tape in LTO-¾ do not support recording data onto a number of concurrent tracks which is not a power of two. Higher-rate longer C2 codes, which do not degrade error rate performance, are provided. An adjustable format and interleaving scheme accommodates future tape drives in which the number of concurrent tracks is not necessarily a power of two. A data set is segmented into a plurality of unencoded subdata sets and parity bytes are generated for each row and column. The parameters of the C2 code include N | 07-15-2010 |
