摘要:
In one embodiment, a system includes a tape channel for reading data from a magnetic tape medium to produce a signal, a bank of noise whitening filters positioned subsequent to the tape channel adapted for receiving the signal, the bank of noise whitening filters being adapted for minimizing variance of noise affecting the signal at an output of the bank of noise whitening filters, wherein each noise whitening filter in the bank of noise whitening filters is dependent on a different possible data pattern, a soft DMAX detector adapted for calculating first soft information, dependent on the different possible data patterns, about each bit of the signal from the bank of noise whitening filters, and sending the first soft information to a soft decoder adapted for calculating second soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the second soft information to the soft DMAX detector.
摘要:
In accordance with one embodiment, a data storage system includes a tape channel for reading precoded data from a magnetic tape medium to produce a signal, a soft detector adapted for calculating first soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the first soft information to a soft decoder, and the soft decoder positioned subsequent to the soft detector, the soft decoder being adapted for calculating second soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the second soft information to the soft detector, wherein the precoded data includes a characteristic of being passed through at least one precoder prior to being written to the magnetic tape medium, and wherein the soft detector provides automatic compensation for the precoded data. Other systems, methods, and computer program products for reading data using an adaptive soft-output detector are described according to more embodiments.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a data storage system includes a tape channel for reading data from a magnetic tape medium to produce a signal, a noise whitening filter positioned subsequent to the tape channel adapted for receiving the signal, wherein the noise whitening filter is adapted for minimizing variance of its output signal, a soft detector adapted for receiving output from the noise whitening filter, the soft detector adapted for calculating first soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the first soft information to a soft decoder, and the soft decoder positioned subsequent to the soft detector, the soft decoder being adapted for calculating second soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the second soft information to the soft detector. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described according to more embodiments.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a data storage system includes a tape channel for reading data from a magnetic tape medium to produce a signal, a noise whitening filter positioned subsequent to the tape channel adapted for receiving the signal, wherein the noise whitening filter is adapted for minimizing variance of its output signal, a soft detector adapted for receiving output from the noise whitening filter, the soft detector adapted for calculating first soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the first soft information to a soft decoder, and the soft decoder positioned subsequent to the soft detector, the soft decoder being adapted for calculating second soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the second soft information to the soft detector. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described according to more embodiments.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a data storage system includes a tape channel for reading data from a tape to produce a signal, an adaptive noise whitening filter adapted for receiving the signal, the noise whitening filter being adapted for minimizing variance of noise affecting the signal output from the noise whitening filter, a soft DMAX detector adapted for receiving the signal from the noise whitening filter, the soft detector adapted for calculating first soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the first soft information to a soft decoder, and the soft decoder positioned subsequent to the soft detector, the soft decoder being adapted for calculating second soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the second soft information to the soft DMAX detector, wherein one or more noise whitening coefficients used in the noise whitening filter are updated using a noise whitening filter coefficient updater.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a data storage system includes a tape channel for reading data from a tape to produce a signal, an adaptive noise whitening filter adapted for receiving the signal, the noise whitening filter being adapted for minimizing variance of noise affecting the signal output from the noise whitening filter, a soft DMAX detector adapted for receiving the signal from the noise whitening filter, the soft detector adapted for calculating first soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the first soft information to a soft decoder, and the soft decoder positioned subsequent to the soft detector, the soft decoder being adapted for calculating second soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the second soft information to the soft DMAX detector, wherein one or more noise whitening coefficients used in the noise whitening filter are updated using a noise whitening filter coefficient updater.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a system includes a tape channel for reading data from a magnetic tape medium to produce a signal, a bank of noise whitening filters positioned subsequent to the tape channel adapted for receiving the signal, the bank of noise whitening filters being adapted for minimizing variance of noise affecting the signal at an output of the bank of noise whitening filters, wherein each noise whitening filter in the bank of noise whitening filters is dependent on a different possible data pattern, a soft DMAX detector adapted for calculating first soft information, dependent on the different possible data patterns, about each bit of the signal from the bank of noise whitening filters, and sending the first soft information to a soft decoder adapted for calculating second soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the second soft information to the soft DMAX detector.
摘要:
In accordance with one embodiment, a data storage system includes a tape channel for reading precoded data from a magnetic tape medium to produce a signal, a soft detector adapted for calculating first soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the first soft information to a soft decoder, and the soft decoder positioned subsequent to the soft detector, the soft decoder being adapted for calculating second soft information about each bit of the signal and sending the second soft information to the soft detector, wherein the precoded data includes a characteristic of being passed through at least one precoder prior to being written to the magnetic tape medium, and wherein the soft detector provides automatic compensation for the precoded data. Other systems, methods, and computer program products for reading data using an adaptive soft-output detector are described according to more embodiments.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a tape drive system includes a write channel for writing data to a magnetic tape, the write channel utilizing a rate-(232/234) reverse concatenated modulation code. The write channel includes logic adapted for receiving a data stream comprising one or more data sets, logic adapted for separating each data set into a plurality of sub data sets, logic adapted for encoding each sub data set with a C2 encoding, logic adapted for encoding each C2-encoded sub data set with a modulation code, logic adapted for encoding each modulated sub data set with a C1 encoding, and logic adapted for simultaneously writing the encoded modulated sub data sets to data tracks of the magnetic tape. Other systems for writing data to a magnetic tape utilizing a rate-(232/234) reverse concatenated modulation code are described according to various other embodiments.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a data storage system includes a write channel for writing data to a storage medium, the write channel configured to utilize a partial reverse concatenated modulation code. The write channel includes logic adapted for encoding data sets using a C2 encoding scheme, logic adapted for adding a header to each subunit of the data sets, logic adapted for encoding the headers of the data sets with a first modulation encoding scheme, logic adapted for encoding data portions of the data sets with a second modulation encoding scheme, logic adapted for encoding portions of the one or more C2-encoded data sets using a C1 encoding scheme, logic adapted for combining the C1-encoded portions with the modulation-encoded headers of the C2-encoded data sets using a multiplexer, and logic adapted for writing the one or more combined C1- and C2-encoded data sets to data tracks.