Rate 16/17 ENDEC with independent high/low byte decoding

Details Rate 16/17 ENDEC with independent high/low byte decoding Rate 16/17 ENDEC with independent high/low byte decoding

1996-07-29

1998-02-10

Young, Brian K.

Coded data generation or conversion

Digital code to digital code converters

To or from run length limited codes

H03M 746

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057173958

ABSTRACT:
A rate 16/17 ENDEC is disclosed which encodes 16 bit input data words into 17 bit codewords according to at least one predetermined code constraint, such as an RLL (d,k) constraint. The encoder encodes the high and low byte of the input data word using the same mapping circuitry which reduces its cost and complexity. The codewords are transferred through a communication channel, such as a computer disc storage device, and upon reception (or readback) the first 8 bits of the 17 bit codeword are decoded independent from the last 8 bits which prevents error propagation. That is, the first 8 bits of the codeword are decoded into a high byte of the decoded data word, and the last 8 bits of the codeword are decoded into a low byte of the decoded data word independent from one another. Thus, errors that occur in the received data sequence which affect only the first 8 bits of the codeword will not propagate to the decoded low byte, and errors affecting only the last 8 bits of the codeword will not propagate to the decoded high byte. Furthermore, the decoder uses the same mapping circuitry to decode the low and high byte of the output data words, thereby reducing its cost and complexity.

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"Rate 16/17 (0,6/6) Code", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulliten, vol. 31, No. 8, Jan. 1989, pp.21-23.

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