In general, the disclosure describes techniques for detecting and correcting single or
multiple occurrences of data error patterns. This disclosure discusses the generation and
application of high-rate error-pattern-correcting codes to correct single instances of targeted
error patterns in codewords, and to further correct a significant portion of multiple instances
of targeted error patterns, with the least redundancy. In accordance with the techniques, a
lowest-degree generator polynomial may be constructed that targets a set of dominant error …