Patent ID: 7124345
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: G11B,H03M,H04L

Abstract:
1. A data processing method for distributing rows of an outer parity block (PO) of an error correction code to each one of a plurality of sectors, said data processing method comprising: defining a first information data block including K sectors and a second information data block including K sectors; generating a first outer parity block (PO-a) for each column of a third information data block, the third information data block being an aggregation of sectors of even-numbered rows of the first information data block and sectors of odd-numbered rows of the second information data block; and generating a second outer parity block (PO-b) for each column of a fourth information data block, the fourth information data block being an aggregation of sectors of odd-numbered rows of the first information data block and sectors of even-numbered rows of the second information data block.