Reinforced list decoding

An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

• means for receiving a codeword comprising a plurality of sections, each section having redundancy check information;
• means for attempting to decode at least one of the plurality of sections of the codeword;
• means for verifying one or more first sections, of the plurality of sections, was properly decoded based on corresponding redundancy check information;
• and
• means for re-attempting to decode one or more second sections, of the plurality of sections, that were not properly decoded, using information from at least one of the first sections that was properly decoded, wherein the information comprises a first trellis ending state corresponding to the at least one of the first sections that was properly decoded.

An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

• a processing system configured to:
• receive a codeword comprising a plurality of sections, each section having redundancy check information;
• attempt to decode at least one of the plurality of sections of the codeword;
• verify one or more first sections, of the plurality of sections, was properly decoded based on corresponding redundancy check information;
• and
• re-attempt to decode one or more second sections, of the plurality of sections, that were not properly decoded, using information from at least one of the first sections that was properly decoded, wherein the information comprises a first trellis ending state corresponding to the at least one of the first sections that was properly decoded;
• and
• a memory coupled with the processing system.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for wireless communications, the medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to execute operations comprising:

• receiving a codeword comprising a plurality of sections, each section having redundancy check information;
• attempting to decode at least one of the plurality of sections of the codeword;
• verifying one or more first sections, of the plurality of sections, was properly decoded based on corresponding redundancy check information;
• and
• re-attempting to decode one or more second sections, of the plurality of sections, that were not properly decoded, using information from at least one of the first sections that was properly decoded, wherein the information comprises a first trellis ending state corresponding to the at least one of the first sections that was properly decoded.