Data storage medium having link zone and apparatus and method for recording/reproducing data on/from the data storage medium
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-hee Hwang, Kyung-geun Lee, Jung-wan Ko, In-sik Park, Jae-seong Shim
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Abstract
A data storage medium which includes a link zone, an apparatus and a method of recording data, and an apparatus and a method of reproducing data. The data storage medium includes a plurality of ECC blocks in which user data are stored, and a plurality of link zones arranged among the ECC blocks so as to correspond to the ECC blocks, Additional information on the ECC blocks is recorded in the link zones.
Claims62
A data storage medium comprising:
- a plurality of ECC blocks in which user data are stored;
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- a plurality of link zones arranged among the ECC blocks so as to correspond to the ECC blocks, wherein additional information on the ECC blocks is recorded in the link zones.
A method of recording data on a data storage medium, the method comprising:
- providing one or more link zones arranged among ECC blocks in which user data are stored on a recording layer of the data storage medium;
- and
- recording predetermined information in the one or more link zones.
A method for reproducing data from a data storage medium, the method comprising:
- reading data from a link zone arranged among ECC blocks where user data are stored on a recording layer of the data storage medium;
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- obtaining at least one of address information and additional information from the link zone by ECC-decoding the read data.
An apparatus which records data on a data storage medium, the apparatus comprising:
- an ECC encoder which ECC-encodes additional information located in a link zone arranged among ECC blocks where user data are stored on a recording layer of the data storage medium;
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- a recorder which records the ECC-encoded additional information following a way the additional information is located, in at least one link zone of the data storage medium.
An apparatus which reproduces data on a data storage medium, the apparatus comprising:
- a reader which reads data from a link zone arranged among ECC blocks where user data are stored on a recording layer of the data storage medium;
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- an ECC decoder which obtains at least one of address information and additional information from the link zone by ECC-decoding the read data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.