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In this study, a novel method of multi-GNSS DCB estimation is proposed without using an ionospheric function model and global ionosphere map (GIM), namely independent GNSS DCB estimation (IGDE). Firstly, ionospheric observations are extracted based on the geometry-free combination of dual-frequency multi-GNSS code observations. Secondly, the VTEC of the station represented by the weighted mean VTEC value of the ionospheric pierce points (IPPs) at each epoch is estimated as a parameter together with the combined receiver and satellite DCBs (RSDCBs). Last, the estimated RSDCBs are used as new observations, whose weight is calculated from estimated covariances, and thus the satellite and receiver DCBs of multi-GNSS are estimated. Nineteen types of multi-GNSS satellite DCBs are estimated based on 200-day observations from more than 300 multi-GNSS experiment (MGEX) stations, and the performance of the proposed method is evaluated by comparing with MGEX products. The results show that the mean RMS value is 0.12, 0.23, 0.21, 0.13, and 0.11 ns for GPS, GLONASS, BDS, Galileo, and QZSS DCBs, respectively, with respect to MGEX products, and the stability of estimated GPS, GLONASS, BDS, Galileo, and QZSS DCBs is 0.07, 0.06, 0.13, 0.11, and 0.11 ns, respectively. 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