The invention discloses a method for decoding tail biting convolution codes of PBCH (physical broadcast channel) decoding in LTE (long term evolution). A tail biting convolution decoder starts computing path metric from the starting position of a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) field, and a start state for computation of the path metric is zero constantly, and the computation of the path metric is separated into two situations: when SFN (system frame number) in an MIB (master information block) is unknown, computation of the path metric is ended at the sixth bit of a Spare bit field, a starting state of tracing back is zero, thirty-six decoding results are generated by the tail biting convolution decoder, and a PBCH decoding result finally with forty bits is formed by adding four '0' at the tail end of the thirty-six decoding results; when the SFN in the MIB is given, computation of the path metric is ended at the sixth bit of an SFN bit field, a starting state of tracing back is determined by the first six bits in the SFN field, twenty-eight decoding results are generated by the tail biting convolution decoder, and the PBCH decoding result finally with forty bits is formed by adding the last two bits of the SFN and ten '0' at the tail end of the twenty-eight decoding results.