Pulse compression recording

Small media defects are a major limitation to data reliability at high magnetic recording densities. One way of overcoming this limitation is to use an error correction code. In this paper, Pulse-Compression Recording (PCR) is proposed as a method in which the energy of each data bit is spatially dispersed in such a manner that the recorded information is insensitive to small media defects or short bursts of noise.

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