GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) SIGNAL TRACKING

Methods and apparatus for tracking a plurality of satellite signals received by a Global Navigation Satellite System, GNSS, receiver from a plurality of satellites, each satellite signal being processed in a different one of a plurality of channels (100a-k; 300a-k) of the GNSS receiver. At least one summing unit (116, 120; 356, 358, 360; 366) is configured to sum corresponding correlation values from each of a plurality of sets of correlation values, each set from one of the plurality of channels, to determine a plurality of summed correlation values, wherein each correlation value in a set represents a correlation between a signal derived from a corresponding one of the plurality of received satellite signals, and one of a plurality of replica signals each based on a known position and/or velocity of the GNSS receiver and one of a plurality of estimated receiver timing parameters. A hypothesis evaluation unit (118, 122; 318, 322) is configured to determine a maximum correlation value based on the plurality of summed correlation values, and to determine a most likely one of a plurality of receiver timing hypotheses to be the receiver timing hypothesis corresponding to the maximum correlation value.