Title :
Reliability-Based Reed-Solomon Decoding for Magnetic Recording Channels
Author :
Xia, Haitao ; Cruz, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Link-A-Media Devices Corp, Santa Clara, CA
Abstract :
The performance of soft-decision Reed-Solomon decoding using belief propagation (BP) is investigated on partial-response equalized magnetic recording channels. A simplification of the BP algorithm, which can be viewed as a Chase-type algorithm, is presented and analyzed
Keywords :
Reed-Solomon codes; iterative decoding; magnetic recording; parity check codes; partial response channels; reliability; Chase-type algorithm; Reed-Solomon decoding; belief propagation; iterative decoding; magnetic recording channels; partial response channels; soft-decision decoding; Algorithm design and analysis; Belief propagation; Iterative algorithms; Iterative decoding; Magnetic recording; Parity check codes; Performance analysis; Reed-Solomon codes; Test pattern generators; USA Councils; Error correction codes; Reed–Solomon codes; iterative decoding; magnetic recording; partial response channels; soft-decision decoding;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2006.878651
