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    The document discusses the GPS week roll over issue, which occurs every 19.7 years when the 10-bit GPS week number cycles. The first occurrence was in 1999 and the next will be in April 2019. Older GPS receivers that do not comply with the newer 13-bit standard may have time jumps of 19.7 years or other failures. Users are advised to check with manufacturers to verify if their receivers could be affected.

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    The document discusses the GPS week roll over issue, which occurs every 19.7 years when the 10-bit GPS week number cycles. The first occurrence was in 1999 and the next will be in April 2019. Older GPS receivers that do not comply with the newer 13-bit standard may have time jumps of 19.7 years or other failures. Users are advised to check with manufacturers to verify if their receivers could be affected.

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    The document discusses the GPS week roll over issue, which occurs every 19.7 years when the 10-bit GPS week number cycles. The first occurrence was in 1999 and the next will be in April 2019. Older GPS receivers that do not comply with the newer 13-bit standard may have time jumps of 19.7 years or other failures. Users are advised to check with manufacturers to verify if their receivers could be affected.

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    GPS Week Rollover

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    The document discusses the GPS week roll over issue, which occurs every 19.7 years when the 10-bit GPS week number cycles. The first occurrence was in 1999 and the next will be in April 2019. Older GPS receivers that do not comply with the newer 13-bit standard may have time jumps of 19.7 years or other failures. Users are advised to check with manufacturers to verify if their receivers could be affected.

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    CGSIC

    GPS Week Roll Over Issue

    Edward Powers
    US Naval Observatory (USNO)
    September 26, 2017

    Naval Oceanography U.S. Naval Observatory


    GPS Week Rollover
    • GPS Time as defined in the legacy GPS navigation message (ICD-200), uses
    10 bits to count GPS Week Numbers. This representation can only cover a
    finite period of 1024 weeks (19.7 year epoch).
    • GPS Time started on Jan 6, 1980
    • The first GPS Time Epoch ended on Aug 21/22 1999.
    • GPS Time is presently in its second Epoch which will end on April 6, 2019
    • It’s up to the user receiver to resolve this week number ambiguity
    • Newer receivers fully compliant with GPS ICD should handle this event OK
    • In the Future the Modernized GPS Navigation (CNAV and MNAV) message
    has a 13-bit week number, which for all practical purposes solves this
    ambiguity

    Naval Oceanography U.S. Naval Observatory


    What could happen
    • UTC timing displayed and/or time tags of receiver data containing PNT
    information could jump by 19.7 years

    • Any month/year conversion could also fail

    • Navigation solution should be OK, but associated time tags could be


    incorrect thus still corrupting navigation data at the system level

    • And the failure is not limited to April 6/7 2019

    • A common fix for week number ambiguity was to hard code new pivot date,
    which shifts event to unknown date/time in future
    – December 2014, older legacy USNO monitor receiver failed
    – Feb 14, 2016 Endrun technology receivers using a Trimble GPS engine failed
    – Aug 14, 2016 Motorola Oncore UT+ older firmware failed
    – July 22, 2017 older Novatel GPS engine failed, notice was posted in Spring 2017
    to upgrade firmware, but many did not check

    Naval Oceanography U.S. Naval Observatory


    Does your receiver have a problem with
    GPS Week Roll Over

    • Most newer receivers are likely going to be OK if ICD-200 was followed

    • Older receiver may be problematic

    • “Trust but Verify” consult you manufacture

    • Conduct testing using GPS simulator

    Naval Oceanography U.S. Naval Observatory

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