Abstract: A receiver, and associated process, for tracking a GNSS positioning signal comprising a carrier modulated by a subcarrier and a spreading code, the receiver comprising: at least one tracking loop configured to calculate a first pseudo range from said GNSS positioning signal, a first discrimination circuit (521) configured to calculate an ambiguous discriminator value from the subcarrier and the spreading code of said GNSS positioning signal, a calculation circuit (522) configured to calculate a value representative of a tracking error of said tracking loop, a second discrimination circuit (530) configured to select one of said ambiguous discriminator value and said value calculated by the calculation circuit, and to generate a first non-ambiguous discriminator value, an amplitude of which is based on an amplitude of the selected value, and a sign of which is a sign of said value calculated by the calculation circuit.

Abstract: A GNSS receiver comprising a circuit configured to receive a positioning signal comprising a carrier modulated by a subcarrier and a PRN code; a subcarrier and code tracking loop, comprising a first discrimination circuit, configured to calculate a first pseudo range from said received positioning signal and a first reference signal; a code tracking loop, comprising a second discrimination circuit, configured to calculate a second pseudo range from said received positioning signal and a second reference signal; and a calculation circuit configured to evaluate a difference between said first pseudo range and said second pseudo range, and to modify the output of the first discrimination circuit accordingly. The invention further addresses a method for calculating a pseudo-range in such a GNSS receiver.

Abstract: A GNSS receiver and the associated method, for calculating an unbiased position and time measurement from a plurality of satellite positioning signals, the receiver comprising: a plurality of circuits configured to receive positioning signals from a plurality of satellites in GNSS constellations, a plurality of first and second signal processing channels configured for processing a first selection of said positioning signals and determining associated first pseudo ranges, a computer logic, wherein: the computer logic is configured to calculate the unbiased position and time measurement from pseudo ranges being determined from positioning signals originating from distinct satellites. A GNSS receiver further comprising a second computer logic configured to calculate a second unbiased position and time from the first position and time, and the second signal processing signals.