The invention provides a method for realizing the 
equalization of an FBMC 
system by utilizing improved sphere decoding 
algorithm, which comprises the following steps: by setting up an FBMC 
system model, and defining FBMC 
system parameters, analyzing the main factors of the 
equalization algorithm performance affecting the FBMC system; carrying out the improved sphere decoding 
algorithm; and carrying out 
simulation experiments for the algorithm and comparing; and analyzing 
simulation results. The improved sphere decoding algorithm means that the 
equalization of the FBMC system can be realized by lowering the complexity of the sphere decoding algorithm, and comprises the following steps: defining the equalization of the FBMC system; and realizing the equalization of the FBMC system by the method of probability estimate of d'2-LB (k-1) >= | | zk: M-Rk: M, K: Mbk: M | | 2 to lower the complexity of the sphere decoding algorithm. The invention utilizes the improved decoding algorithm to lower the 
bit error rate and the complexity of 
equalization algorithm of the FBMC system, and carries out 
verification by the 
simulation experiments, and the simulation results show that the improved decoding algorithm obviously lowers the complexity of the algorithm, has less loss of performance, has higher superiority and better meets the requirements of modern communications for real-
time signal processing particularly when the 
signal to 
noise ratio is smaller, and has good prospects for development.