| 摘要 |
A system for block encoding and block decoding of servo data with a rate (M/N) code, where M is an integer greater than l and N is an integer that is greater than M. Two codes are described for the encoding and decoding processes: a rate (2/6) code and a rate (2/8) code. In general, block encoding and block decoding maps between M servo data bits and N coded symbol bits. Such block encoding with a rate (M/N) code may be employed in a magnetic recording system for encoding servo data that is written to a servo data sector on a magnetic recording medium. Encoded servo data is read from the magnetic medium and block decoded. A forced maximum-likelihood, partial-response (PRML) detector is used to detect the N coded symbol bits from channel samples read from the magnetic medium. Block encoding provides greater coding gain for a detector when the characteristics of the block code are used to improve performance of the PRML detector that is used to detect the N coded symbol bits. Such PRML detector may employ a Viterbi algorithm (VA). State transition decisions over a block of N channel samples, or N clock cycles, form a path through a trellis of the VA, and the characteristics of the block code are used to force decisions for state transitions in the trellis. The PRML detector may force a decision for each state transition based on a priori knowledge of the known valid transitions defined by the rate (M/N) code symbol bits.
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