ERROR RATE PERFORMANCE OF THE PROJECTION CODE

The operation of the projection code is introduced, and the error rate performance is determined, A new combinatorial generating function te chnique is used to compute the weight distribution of a cylindrical pr ojection code, which is then employed to obtain upper and lower bounds of the bit error rate of the code, We then apply a state equation tec hnique to compute the generating function of a convolutional projectio n code. This new generating function technique is needed since the sta ndard state-diagram technique cannot realistically be used to obtain t he generating function of a typical convolutional projection code whic h can have a constraint length of 56.