Decoding Criteria and Zero WER Analysis for Channels with Bounded Noise and Offset

Abstract

Data storage systems may not only be disturbed by noise. In some cases, the error performance can also be seriously degraded by offset mismatch. Here, channels are considered for which both the noise and offset are bounded. For such channels, Euclidean distance-based decoding, Pearson distance-based decoding, and Maximum Likelihood decoding are considered. In particular, for each of these decoders, bounds are determined on the magnitudes of the noise and offset intervals which lead to a word error rate equal to zero. Case studies with simulation results are presented confirming the findings.