... any further exploration of a pathrelatively early in the search without losing the MLP, if the in uence of unexplored branch metrics on the rank orderof the path metrics are insignificant. The ... algorithm based on the ITS scheme. By reconfiguring the tree structure according to the symbol reliability infor-mation, the new algorithm can further decrease the numberof sequences in the search space ... from HarbinInstitute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 1984 and 1992, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Tokushima, Tokushima,Japan, in 1995....