Prof. Xiaoji NIU

Fields of interest

Inertial Navigation System (INS); GNSS/INS Integration; Robotic Navigation Indoor Positioning

Selected publications

1. Kunlun Yan, Nesreen I. Ziedan, Hongping Zhang, Wenfei Guo, Xiaoji Niu, Jingnan Liu. Weak GPS signal tracking using FFT discriminator in open loop receiver. GPS Solu, DOI 10.1007/s10291-014-0431-3, 2014. (SCI)
2. Zhang, Tisheng, Niu, Xiaoji,Ban, Yalong,Zhang, Hongping,Shi, Chuang,Liu, Jingnan., Modeling and Development of INS-Aided PLLs in a GNSS/INS Deeply-Coupled Hardware Prototype for Dynamic Applications. Sensors, 2015. 15(1): p. 733-759.
3. Niu, Xiaoji,Wang, Qingjiang,Li, You,Li, Qingli,Liu, Jingnan., Using Inertial Sensors in Smartphones for Curriculum Experiments of Inertial Navigation Technology. Education Sciences, 2015. 5(1): p. 26-46.
4. 牛小骥,李由,张全,程亚豪,章红平,施闯., Observability Analysis of Non-Holonomic Constraints for Land-Vehicle Navigation Systems. Journal of Global Positioning Systems.
5. Jiang, Weiping; Wang, Li; Niu, Xiaoji*; Zhang, Quan; Zhang, Hui; Tang, Min; Hu, Xiangyun (2014). High-Precision Image Aided Inertial Navigation with Known Features: Observability Analysis and Performance Evaluation. Sensors 14, no. 10: 19371-19401. (SCI)
6. X Niu, K Yan, T Zhang, Q Zhang, H Zhang, J Liu (2014). Quality evaluation of the pulse per second (PPS) signals from commercial GNSS receivers. GPS Solutions, accepted (SCI)
7. Niu, X., Chen, Q., Zhang, Q., Zhang, H., Niu, J., Chen, K., … & Liu, J. (2014). Using Allan variance to analyze the error characteristics of GNSS positioning. GPS Solutions, Volume 18, Issue 2 (2014), Page 231-242. (SCI)
8. Tisheng ZHANG, Hongping ZHANG, Yalong BAN, Kunlun Yan, Xiaoji NIU*, Jingnan Liu. Hardware Implementation of a real-time MEMS IMU/GNSS Deeply-Coupled system. IEICE TRANSACTION ON COMMUNICATIONS, Vol. E96-B, No.11, Nov. 2013, pp.2933-2942 (SCI)
9. Niu X, Li Y, Zhang H, Wang Q, Ban Y. Fast Thermal Calibration of Low-Grade Inertial Sensors and Inertial Measurement Units. Sensors. 2013; 13(9):12192-12217. (SCI)
10. Li Wang, Xiao-Ji Niu, Quan Zhang, Qi-Jin Chen and Wei-Ping Jiang. A Camera/IMU Tightly-Coupled Navigation Algorithm and Verification by Hybrid Simulation[J]. Journal of Harbin Institute Of Technology (New Series), 2013,20(6):84-90 [EI]
11. Quan Zhang, Xiaoji Niu*, Qijin Chen, Hongping Zhang, Chuang Shi. “Using Allan variance to evaluate the relative accuracy on different time scales of GNSS/INS systems”. Measurement Science and Technology. Vol. 24(8) (Aug. 2013) 085006 (10pp) [SCI]
12. Quan Zhang, Xiaoji Niu*, Hongping Zhang, and Chuang Shi, “Algorithm Improvement of the Low-End GNSS/INS Systems for Land Vehicles Navigation,” Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2013, Article ID 435286, 12 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/435286 [SCI]
13. Yalong Ban, Quan Zhang, Xiaoji Niu*, Wenfei Guo, Hongping Zhang and Jingnan Liu*. How the Integral Operations in INS Algorithms Overshadow the Contributions of IMU Signal Denoising Using Low-Pass Filters. Journal of Navigation, Vol. 66(6): 837-858, Nov 2013 (SCI)
14. Xu, Peiliang; Shi, Chuang; Fang, Rongxin; Liu, Jingnan; Niu, Xiaoji; Zhang, Quan; Yanagidani, Takashi. 2012. Hi gh-rate precise point positioning (PPP) to measure seismic wave motions: an experimental comparison of GPS PPP with inertial measurement units. Journal of Geodesy. April 2013, Volume 87, Issue 4, pp 361-372. (SCI)
15. Fang Rongxin, Shi Chuang, Song Weiwei, Niu Xiaoji, Zhangquan, Chen Kejie, Liu Jingnan. Real-time GNSS seismometer and its accuracy. Chinese J. Geophys.(in Chinese), 2013, 56(2): 450-458. (SCI)
16. You Li, Xiaoji Niu, Quan Zhang, Hongping Zhang and Chuang Shi. An In-Situ Hand Calibration Method Using Pseudo Observation Scheme for Low-end Inertial Measurement Units. Measurement Science and Technology. Vol 23 (10), 2012, pp. 1-10. (SCI)
17. Kai-Wei Chiang, Yun-Wen Huang, and Xiaoji Niu (2010). “Rapid and Accurate INS Alignment for Land Applications”. Survey Review, England. Vol. 42, Issue 317 (July 2010), pp.279-291 [SCI]
18. Zainab Syed, Priyanka Aggarwal, Xiaoji Niu, and Naser El-Sheimy (2008): “Civilian Vehicle Navigation: Required Alignment of the Inertial Sensors for Acceptable Navigation Accuracies”. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Vol. 57, Issue 6, pp 3402-3412. [Refereed Journal, (SCI)
19. P. Aggarwal, Z. Syed, X. Niu and N. El-Sheimy (2008). A Standard Testing and Calibration Procedure for Low Cost MEMS Inertial Sensors and Units. Journal of Navigation, Vol. 61, Issue 2, pp 323-336. [Refereed Journal, (SCI)
20. El-Sheimy, N., Hou, H. and Niu, X. (2008): “Analysis and Modeling of Inertial Sensors Using Allan Variance”. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. Vol. 57, Issue 1, Jan. 2008, pp.140-149. [Refereed Journal, SCI indexed (IF2007=0.832); EI Accession number: 9743033]
21. Z F Syed, P Aggarwal, C Goodall, X Niu and N El-Sheimy (2007): “A new multi-position calibration method for MEMS inertial navigation systems”. Measurement Science and Technology (MST), Institute of Physics, England. Vol.18, Issue 7, pp 1897-1907. [Refereed Journal, SCI indexed (IF2007=1.297); EI Accession number:20072610674112]
22. Xiaoji Niu, Sameh Nasser, Chris Goodall, and Naser El-Sheimy (2007): “A Universal Approach for Processing any MEMS Inertial Sensor Configuration for Land-Vehicle Navigation”, Journal of Navigation, Royal Institute of Navigation, England. Vol. 60, Issue 02, May 2007, pp 233-245.. [Refereed Journal, SCI indexed (IF2007=0.486); EI Accession number: 9568544, 3004104]
23. Niu, X., Nassar, S. and El-Sheimy, N. (2007): “An Accurate Land-Vehicle MEMS IMU/GPS Navigation System Using 3D Auxiliary Velocity Updates”, Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation, USA. Vol. 54, No. 3, Fall 2007, pp 177-188 [Refereed Journal, EI Accession number:10120238].
24. Nassar, S., Niu, X. and El-Sheimy, N. (2007): “Land-Vehicle INS/GPS Accurate Positioning During GPS Signal Blockage Periods”. Journal of Surveying Engineering (JSE), The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA. Vol 133, Issue 3, Aug 2007 pp. 134-143 [Refereed Journal, SCI indexed (IF2007=0.255); EI Accession number:20073110710163, 3039865].
25. El-Sheimy, N., Nassar, S., Shin, E-H and Niu, X. (2006): “Analysis of Various Kalman Filter Algorithms using Different Inertial Navigation Systems Integrated with the Global Positioning System”, CASJ, The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal, Vol. 52, No. 2, June 2006, pp. 59-67 [Refereed Journal, EI Accession number: 20070510394263, 20064110166969, 20071710575067].