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An orthotope sphere decoding method of a multiple antenna system is disclosed. The method includes performing tree search using a depth-first method by performing an OC-test on the nodes on which the tree search of orthotope sphere decoding will be performed and performing an SC-test on nodes passing the OC-test; and selecting a transmission symbol having a smallest PED value as a final signal as a result of the search.