Claims
- 1. A method of encoding data words into codewords, the method comprising steps of:
(a) mapping the data words into a number of data segments, each data segment having a number of bits equal to the number of bits in a codeword divided by the number of data segments; (b) encoding each data segment into a codeword segment having the same number of bits as the data segment; and (c) concatenating the codeword segments together to form the codeword.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein each codewords has one more bit than its respective data words.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein mapping step (a) comprises:
(a) (1) dividing each data word into a simplified mapping section and a number of passthrough sections, the number of passthrough sections equaling the number of data segments; (a)(2) mapping the simplified mapping section into a number of mapped sections, the number of mapped sections equaling the number of data segments; and (a)(3) combining each mapped section with a passthrough section to form a data segment.
- 4. The method of claim 3 wherein mapping step (a)(2) comprises limiting each mapped section to having values found in just a subset of all possible values for the mapped section.
- 5. The method of claim 4 wherein each mapped section has the same number of bits as all other mapped sections.
- 6. The method of claim 4 wherein mapping step (a)(2) comprises converting the simplified mapping section from being represented by a plurality of base two digits to being represented by a plurality of mapped digits that have a base that is different than two, wherein each mapped section is a binary representation of a mapped digit.
- 7. The method of claim 6 wherein each mapped digit is a binary representation of a base seven number.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein encoding step (b) comprises encoding the data segments in parallel using a number of identical encoders that is equal to the number of data segments.
- 9. The method of claim 1 wherein encoding step (b) comprises encoding the data segments sequentially using a single encoder.
- 10. The method of claim 1 wherein encoding step (b) comprises encoding the data segments such that the codeword meets at least one Run Length Limited code constraint.
- 11. The method of claim 1 wherein encoding step (b) further comprises steps of:
(b)(1) dividing the data segments into a number of direct sections and a remapping section; (b)(2) remapping the remapping section into a number of remappped sections, the number of remapped sections equaling the number of direct sections; (b)(3) combining each remapped section with a direct section to form a number of combined sections; (b)(4) encoding each combined section to form an encoded section; and (b)(5) combining the encoded sections to form the code segment.
- 12. The method of claim 1 wherein the method forms part of a process of passing data through a channel, the process further comprising:
detecting the codewords after the codewords pass through the channel; and decoding the codewords into data words.
- 13. In a disc drive, a decoder for decoding codewords into data words, the decoder comprising:
at least one segment decoder for decoding each of a plurality of equally sized segments of the codeword to form a plurality of data segments each being the same size as the codeword segments; and an inverse mapping unit that maps the plurality of data segments into a single data word.
- 14. The decoder of claim 13 wherein the inverse mapping unit comprises a simplified inverse mapping unit that combines a portion of each data segment together as a single input and that maps the single input to a single output having one less bit than the single input.
- 15. The decoder of claim 13 wherein the at least one segment decoder comprises a plurality of identical segment decoders that operate in parallel.
- 16. The decoder of claim 13 wherein the at least one segment decoder comprises a single segment decoder that sequentially decodes the codeword segments into data segments.
- 17. The decoder of claim 13 wherein valid decoded data segments are limited to a subset of all possible values that could by represented by the bits of the data segment.
- 18. The decoder of claim 13 wherein the segment decoder comprises:
at least one smaller decoder for decoding each of a plurality of smaller portions of the code segment to form intermediate data portions; and a second inverse mapping unit that combines a part of each intermediate data portion as a single input value and that maps the single input value into a portion of the data segment.
- 19. A disc drive for reading data from tracks along a disc, the disc drive comprising:
a read head that is positionable over a track and is capable of generating a read signal; and decoding means coupled to the read head for decoding codewords represented by the read signal to produce data words.
- 20. A method of decoding codewords into data words, the method comprising:
(a) dividing each codeword into codeword segments; (b) decoding each codeword segment into a data segment having the same number of bits; and (c) inverse mapping the data segments into a single data word.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application having serial No. 60/210,641, filed on Jun. 9, 2000, and entitled EFFICIENT BLOCK CODE IMPLEMENTATION FOR VERY LARGE CODEWORDS and U.S. Provisional Application having serial No. 60/212,547, filed on Jun. 20, 2000, and entitled SEQUENTIAL ENCODER/DECODER IMPLEMENTATION FOR BLOCK CODES WITH LARGE CODEWORDS.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60210641 |
Jun 2000 |
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60212547 |
Jun 2000 |
US |