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title: Using WaveFarer Automotive Radar Simulation Software and Chirp Doppler to Assess Radar Performance for Drive Scenarios | Remcom
description: Significant innovation is taking place for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Radar sensors operating at millimeter wave bands are a key technology and require new modeling and simulation tools to predict their performance.
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# [Using WaveFarer Automotive Radar Simulation Software and Chirp Doppler to Assess Radar Performance for Drive Scenarios | Remcom](https://www.remcom.com/resources/articles-and-papers/using-wavefarer-automotive-radar-simulation-software-and-chirp-doppler-to-assess-radar-performance-for-drive-scenarios)

 Written by [Kaitlyn Brickley](https://www.remcom.com/resources/author/kaitlyn-brickleyremcom-com) | Dec 10, 2019 4:53:35 PM

### **Introduction to Auto Radar Simulation**

Significant innovation is taking place in automotive industry around capabilities for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Radar sensors operating at millimeter wave bands are a key technology and require new modeling and simulation tools to predict their performance in driving environments.

**Simulation of radar in realistic automotive scenarios poses several challenges:**

- [Near-field](https://www.remcom.com/wavefarer-radar-sensing-simulation-software/near-field-propagation-method) conditions that invalidate traditional RCS concepts
- Densely-faceted vehicle models are too complex for traditional propagation ray-tracers
- Complex multipath from roadside structures (guard rails, signs, parked vehicles, etc.)
- [Dynamic scenarios](https://www.remcom.com/wavefarer-radar-sensing-simulation-software/dynamic-scenario-modeling) with multiple vehicles in motion

This presentation demonstrates a new modeling and simulation capability that addresses these challenges, combining ray-tracing and scattering simulations from Remcom’s [WaveFarer Radar Simulation Software](https://www.remcom.com/wavefarer-radar-sensing-simulation-software) with chirp Doppler analysis algorithms to assess radar performance for drive scenario simulations.

 

 

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