The embodiment of the application provides a decoding method and device, which are applied to a receiving end device, a
control channel is established between the receiving end device and a sending end device, the decoding method comprises the following steps: receiving a
demodulation reference
signal sent by the sending end device through the
control channel; estimating the channel quality of the
control channel according to the
demodulation reference
signal; in the case that the channel quality of the control channel meets a first condition, selecting a first decoding
algorithm; in the case that the channel quality of the control channel meets a second condition, selecting a second decoding
algorithm; wherein the channel quality when the first condition is met is better than the channel quality when the second condition is met, the decoding
delay of the first decoding
algorithm is less than the decoding
delay of the second decoding algorithm, and the decoding reliability of the first decoding algorithm is less than the decoding reliability of the second decoding algorithm, so that the decoding algorithm is adaptively selected according to the channel quality of the control channel, the decoding reliability is improved and the decoding
delay is reduced, and the communication reliability is improved.