comm.APPDecoder seems not accepting "Terminated" as one of the "TerminationMethod"

clear;clc;


frameLen = 10;            % Payload length in bits
trellis = poly2trellis(5,[37,21],37);       % Constraint Length 5, Generator Polynomial [37 21], feedback 37
 
conEnc = comm.ConvolutionalEncoder(trellis,"TerminationMethod","Terminated");
cAPPDec = comm.APPDecoder('TrellisStructure',trellis, 'TerminationMethod','Terminated', 'Algorithm','True APP');

snrdB = 0;                  % SNR
nVar = 10.^(-snrdB/10);     % Noise variance
errorRate = comm.ErrorRate; % Calculates BER

msg = ones(frameLen,1);
% msg = randi([0 1],frameLen,1);
code = conEnc(msg);
modCode = qammod(code,2, ...
    'InputType','bit', ...
    'UnitAveragePower',true);         % QPSK Modulation
receivedOut = awgn(modCode, snrdB);
demodOut = qamdemod(receivedOut,2, ...
    'OutputType','llr', ...
    'UnitAveragePower',true, ...
    'NoiseVariance',nVar);            % QPSK Demodulation

uncoded_ber = sum(abs(-sign(demodOut) - (2*code-1)))/2/length(code)

uncoded_ber = 0.1071

% BCJR(trellis,)
[decoded_soft, Lc_out]  = step(cAPPDec, zeros(size(msg)),-demodOut);

Error using comm.APPDecoder/step
Dimension mismatch with input 2; expected [20,1], got [28,1].

decoded = (sign(decoded_soft)+1)/2;
errorStats = errorRate(msg,decoded);


fprintf('Error rate = %f\n',errorStats(1));
fprintf('Number of errors detected = %f\n',errorStats(2));
fprintf('Total bits compared = %f\n',errorStats(3));

Since the termination method is terminated, the error should no exist, it at least needs to expect some tail bits and thus not only expecting 20 elements. Why is it giving me this error?

[Jaynik]

The issue is arising as the decoder is expecting a certain number of tail bits based on the trellis structure, but it seems to be receiving more than expected.

To resolve this, verify that the encoder adds the correct number of tail bits as anticipated by the decoder. You might need to adjust either the trellis structure or the frame length to ensure compatibility based on your application.