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Enhancing Signal Processing Capability with Tabu Search Algorithm Utilization for Rate-4/5 Modulation Coded Bit-Patterned Magnetic Recording

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Mutita Mattayakan
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Chanon Warisarn *
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Jaejin Lee
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Kittipon Kankhunthod
DOI:10.3390/app152412944delete
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To meet the growing demand for higher storage capacities, bit-patterned magnetic recording (BPMR) has emerged as a leading solution for achieving ultra-high user densities (UDs). However, BPMR systems are significantly impacted by two-dimensional (2D) interferences, specifically inter-symbol interference (ISI) and inter-track interference (ITI), which can degrade the quality of the readback signal. This paper introduces a rate-4/5 constructive ITI (CITI) modulation scheme, combined with a Tabu search (TS)-based error correction algorithm, to address the limitations of conventional CITI modulation codes. In the original encoding scheme, some codewords still contain forbidden patterns within their borders. The TS algorithm enhances the performance of the outermost tracks by refining unreliable bits identified through a distance-based reliability metric, which differs from earlier TS-based detectors that were directly used for multi-track detection. A proposed soft-information adjuster is then used to correct the poor reliability of soft information, resulting in improved soft-information reliability and decoding performance. A modified TS detector is also proposed, where the single-bit criterion for selecting the number of input bits is adopted, to improve neighbor selection and better align with the signal characteristics of the inner tracks. Simulation results show that the proposed system can achieve up to 2.7 dB and 4.0 dB improvements in bit error rate (BER) at a user density (UD) of 2.4 Terabits per square inch, compared to conventional uncoded and coded systems, respectively, while also reducing computational complexity. Furthermore, the results also imply that when the recording systems must operate under fluctuations in the size and position of the bit-island, our proposed system can provide superior performance.
Keywords:
bit-patterned magnetic recording (BPMR)
forbidden data patterns
hard disk drive
high areal density
magnetic recording technology
modulation code
signal processing
soft-information adjuster
tabu search (TS) detector
two-dimensional (2D) interferences

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Applied Sciences-Basel
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King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
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soongsil university
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