The GPS nineteen-year rollover presents a cybersecurity risk
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The GPS 19.6-year week number rollover creates significant operational and technical risks, causing timekeeping failures, corrupted raw data, and communication breakdowns in critical navigation and remote monitoring systems.
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GPS Week Number Rollover Timestamp Complement
2021 · cited by 1
This study analyzes the GPS week number rollover phenomenon and discusses the extensive operational losses and system stoppages caused by inaccurate GPS data in fleet management systems.
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The impact and resolution of the GPS week number rollover of April 2019 on autonomous geophysical instrument platforms
2021 · cited by 1
This paper documents how the 19.6-year GPS week number rollover caused unexpected code execution alterations, communication failures, and data collection issues on autonomous instrument platforms.
The Impact and Resolution of the GPS Week Number Rollover of
April 2019 on Autonomous Geophysical Instrument Platforms
2021 · cited by 0
This paper similarly examines how the GPS week number rollover led to satellite communication and data collection failures on remote autonomous platforms.