Patent ID: 11899130
Assignee: AVL LIST GMBH
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for determining a radar cross section of a simulated radar target, comprising:
simulating a propagation of a virtual radar signal on the basis of an interaction model in a simulated environment scenario which contains the simulated radar target, wherein an interaction of the virtual radar signal with the simulated radar target is modeled such that a physical variable characterizing the virtual radar signal is divided into a directional component corresponding to a directed scattering of the virtual radar signal and a diffuse component corresponding to an isotropic scattering of the virtual radar signal, wherein the propagation of the directional component of the virtual radar signal is simulated in a sub-step and the interaction of the directional component with a further simulated radar target is calculated in a subsequent sub-step;
determining a value of the physical variable at a receiver point in the simulated environment scenario factoring in the directional component and the diffuse component; and
deriving the radar cross section of the simulated radar target from the determined value of the physical variable at the receiver point.