Recording medium, method of configuring control information thereof, recording and/or reproducing method using the same, and apparatus thereof

A method of recording control information on a multi-layer recording medium, the method comprising:

• accessing more than one control information, the control information including information usable for reproducing or recording data from or on the multi-layer recording medium, at least one control information being arranged among the control information first according to ascending recording layers of the multi-layer recording medium, and for a same recording layer, the at least one control information being arranged among the control information according to an increasing recording speed for each recording layer;
• and
• recording the control information within a specific area of the recording medium.

An apparatus for recording data on a recording medium having at least two recording layers, the apparatus comprising:

• an optical pickup configured to record data on the recording medium;
• a controller, operatively coupled to the optical pickup, configured to control the optical pickup to record control information for the recording layers on a specific area of the recording medium, the control information including information units usable for reproducing or recording data from or on the recording medium, at least one information unit being arranged among the information units first according to ascending recording layer, and for a same recording layer, the at least one information unit being arranged among the information units according to an increasing recording speed applicable to the recording layer.

An apparatus for recording control information on a multi-layer recording medium, the apparatus comprising:

• an optical pickup configured to record data on the recording medium;
• and
• a controller, operatively coupled to the optical pickup, configured to control the optical pickup to record more than one control information on a specific area of the multi-layer recording medium, the control information including information usable for reproducing or recording data from or on the multi-layer recording medium, at least one control information being arranged among the control information first according to ascending recording layers of the multi-layer recording medium, and for a same recording layer, the at least one control information being arranged among the control information according to an increasing recording speed for each recording layer.

A computer-readable medium storing a data structure for managing reproduction from or recording to the computer-readable medium, comprising:

• a specific area of the computer readable medium storing control information for at least two recording layers of the computer-readable medium, the control information including information units usable for reproducing or recording data from or on the computer-readable medium, at least one information unit being arranged among the information units first according to ascending recording layer, and for a same recording layer, the at least one information unit being arranged among the information units according to an increasing recording speed applicable to the recording layer.

A computer-readable multi-layer optical disc, comprising:

• at least a first layer and a second layer;
• a first area included in the first layer and a second area included in the second layer,
• wherein the first and second areas are for control information, the control information usable for recording data on the computer-readable multi-layer optical disc and at least one control information is configured to be arranged among the control information first according to ascending recording layer, and for a same recording layer, the at least one control information being arranged among the control information according to an increasing recording speed applicable to the recording layer.