Coding protection for magnetic tapes: A generalization of the Patel - Hong code (Corresp.)
Mario Blaum, Robert J. McEliece · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory · 1985
Patel and Hong have constructed a code that can correct any track error or two track erasures in a9-track magnetic tape. Here the construction is extended to a code that can correct a track error and a track erasure or three track erasures. A generalization is given.