Serial concatenation of convolutional code and low rate orthogonal convolutional code

A novel low rate orthogonal code which is the serial concatenation of convolutional code and orthogonal convolutional code is proposed for high capacity CDMA systems. The BER performance is good and shows no "error floor" phenomenon.

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