Transparent scene stimulation of coherent embedded radar systems

Coherent radar scene stimulators offer a wide range of applications to the development and testing cycles of an embedded radar system. They provide a means of injecting controlled, high fidelity scenes into a radar under test. This capability allows for robust software testing, evaluation of bus and processor usage in realistic scenarios, validation of radar system requirements, and operator training platforms. By designing a scene stimulator to interface transparently with a radar signal processor, the radar may be evaluated with no test constraints. Coupled with a means to extract data from a radar signal processor, radar-in-the-loop type automated performance testing is possible such as verifying probability of detection/false alarm or image quality metrics.