Automotive radar validation

Your challenges:

• End-to-end verification, validation, calibration or homologation of AD/ADAS functions at component and full-vehicle level
• Reproducing complex traffic scenarios, automotive radar object simulation over-the-air
• Ensuring the radar target generation test equipment is scalable and has the technical specifications to cover the increasing number of targets, and future complex scenarios
• Meeting the increased test-complexity requirements of ADAS target simulation while minimizing costs and accelerating time-to-market

Rohde & Schwarz automotive radar test systems features:

• Automotive radar target simulator for driving scenario testing that can be easily defined and executed with the highest reproducibility
• Complex automotive radar object simulations including multiple sensors, over-the-air
• Increased accuracy and repeatability from fully-electronic antenna arrays
• Fully scalable, covering all use cases from R&D to production, easily upgradable to cover future requirements

Rohde & Schwarz automotive radar target simulator solution benefits:

• Less road testing and concurrent testing gives faster time-to-market by speeding up the development cycle
• Cost reduction by reducing road test kilometers and the number of prototype vehicles with the Rohde & Schwarz automotive radar target simulator
• Test critical functions such as emergency braking under safe conditions
• More confidence from using a future-proof test system from leading innovators, able to evolve for future upcoming challenges

Realistic tests on virtual roads

The Rohde & Schwarz radar test system opens a completely new field of possibilities for testing radar-based ADAS and AD features to ensure correct operation in hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) and vehicle-in-the-loop (ViL) testbeds.

Automotive radar object simulation can vary parameters such as distance, angular velocity, size, elevation and azimuth. The scenario testing of changes in angular position becomes possible without physically moving antennas or devices thanks to the innovative antenna array technology. Multiple automotive radar objects can be simulated for all radar-based ADAS features, from emergency braking through cruise control to fully autonomous driving requiring a 360° environment. With an instantaneous bandwidth of 4 GHz ranging from 76-81 GHz, the full frequency range of state-of-the-art and future automotive radar sensors is covered.

Test like it's real

With a responsive real-time interface, controlled by industry-established simulation environments, even challenging, complex and risky automotive radar target generation can be achieved and virtually tested for ADAS in a closed loop.

Future-proof scalability and reliability

Due to an extremely modular and scalable automotive radar object simulation design, all types of vehicles with different amounts and variants of radar sensors can be tested on the same test system and future, unforeseen requirements can be accommodated. Thanks to the innovative system design without mechanically moving antenna parts, the automotive radar target simulator system from Rohde & Schwarz is immune to mechanical wear and tear.