摘要: A breadth-first trellis decoding algorithm is introduced for application to sequence estimation in digital data transmission. The high degree of inherent parallelism makes a parallel-processing implementation attractive. shown exhibit an error-rate versus average-computational-complexity behavior that much superior the Viterbi and also improves on M-algorithm. maintains variable number paths as its computation adapts channel noise actually encountered. Buffering received samples required support this. Bounds are evaluated by search produced error event rate average survivors. Performance with conventional binary convolutional codes over both binary-synchronous-communication (BSC) additive-white-Gaussian-noise (AWGN) channels. found multilevel AM phase-shift-keying (PSK) simple intersymbol interference responses AWGN channel. At lower signal-to-noise ratio Monte Carlo simulations used improve bounds investigate decoder dynamics. >