Presentation 2015-05-22
Evaluation of Symmetric Mutual Information of Simplified TDMR Channel Model
Tadashi Wadayama,
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Abstract(in English) In the present paper, a simplified two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) channel model is proposed in order to capture the qualitative features of writing and read-back processes of TDMR systems. The proposed channel model incorporates the effects of both linear interference from adjacent bit-cells and signal-dependent noise due to irregular grain boundaries between adjacent bit-cells. The simplicity of the proposed model enables us to derive the closed form of the conditional PDF representing the probabilistic nature of the channel. The conditional PDF is Gaussian distributed and is parameterized by a signal-dependent covariance matrix. Based on this conditional PDF, a Monte Carlo method for approximating the symmetric mutual information of this channel is developed. The symmetric mutual information is closely related to the areal density limit for TDMR systems. The numerical results suggest that we may need low-rate coding, e.g., 2/3 or 1/2, when the jitter-like noise becomes dominant.
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Keyword(in English) magnetic recording / 2D-channel / symmetric mutual information
Paper # IT2015-12,EMM2015-12
Date of Issue 2015-05-14 (IT, EMM)

Conference Information
Committee EMM / IT
Conference Date 2015/5/21(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Kyoto International Community House
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Information Security, Information Theory, Information Hiding, etc.
Chair Akinori Ito(Tohoku Univ.) / Yasutada Oohama(Univ. of Electro-Comm.)
Vice Chair Masashi Unoki(JAIST) / Masaki Kawamura(Yamaguchi Univ.) / Tadashi Wadayama(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)
Secretary Masashi Unoki(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Masaki Kawamura(Nagasaki Univ.) / Tadashi Wadayama(Okayama Univ.)
Assistant Motoi Iwata(Osaka Pref. Univ.) / Kazuhiro Kono(Kansai Univ.) / Ryo Nomura(Senshu Univ.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Enriched MultiMedia / Technical Committee on Information Theory
Language ENG
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Title (in English) Evaluation of Symmetric Mutual Information of Simplified TDMR Channel Model
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) magnetic recording
Keyword(2) 2D-channel
Keyword(3) symmetric mutual information
1st Author's Name Tadashi Wadayama
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya Institute of Technology(Nitech)
Date 2015-05-22
Paper # IT2015-12,EMM2015-12
Volume (vol) vol.115
Number (no) IT-37,EMM-38
Page pp.pp.63-68(IT), pp.63-68(EMM),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2015-05-14 (IT, EMM)