Method using coding information for data on a storage medium, and corresponding storage medium
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsMarco Georgi, Oliver Theis
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a storage medium having a first area and a second area. According to the invention, the first area is recorded in a predefined first physical format and contains a parity check matrix information about an error correction code of a second physical format. The second area is recorded in the second physical format. Methods according to the invention relate to reading data and to recording data.
Claims12
A storage medium comprising a storage space having a first area and a second area, wherein the first area is recorded in a predefined first physical format and contains a parity check matrix information about an error correction code of a second physical format, and wherein the second area is recorded in the second physical format.
A method for reading data from a storage medium comprising a storage space having a first area and a second area, the method comprising steps of:
- reading from the first area, according to a predefined first physical format, a parity check matrix information about an error correction code of a second physical format;
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- reading data from the second area according to the second physical format.
A method for recording data on a storage medium comprising a storage space having a first area and a second area, the method comprising steps of:
- recording to the first area, according to a predefined first physical format, a parity check matrix information about an error correction coder of a second physical format;
- and
- recording data to the second area according to the second physical format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.