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Provides the information required to prepare the instrument for use and start working.

Englisch - 07.11.2024

Describes all instrument functions and remote control commands, including measurement and programming examples.

Englisch - 13.08.2025

The R&S®AREG800A is a powerful automotive radar echo generator. It is capable of over the air stimulation of automotive radar sensors with multiple static or dynamic radar objects. It can either be paired with R&S®AREG8 mmWave frontends for RF performance testing, or with the R&S®QAT100 antenna array for simulating ADAS scenarios. This application note shows how to configure the R&S®AREG800A with either R&S®AREG8-24/81 remote millimeter wave frontends or the R&S®QAT100 advanced antenna array. It covers the instrument setup, connections, and configuration necessary to perform static object simulation using a basic setup.

Englisch - 19.09.2025

Deutsch - 15.10.2024

The R&S®AREG800A has a scenario player built in for replaying predefined, dynamic scenarios. Scenarios come in the form of binary files containing a sequence of timestamped ASAM Open Simulation Interface (OSI) messages describing the radar objects that should be simulated. The R&S®AREG800A can replay these scenario files and provides convenient playback and remote-control functions, as well as automatic mapping of simulated objects to the connected RF frontends.This application note presents background information and details about how to create said scenarios using Python and how to replay them on a R&S®AREG800A. Examples for scripting dynamic scenario in Python are provided as well.

Englisch - 14.11.2025

Deutsch - 06.11.2024

Englisch - 15.10.2024

Englisch - 06.11.2024

Automotive radar is vital to the advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) that will help achieve Net Zero (zero accidents, zero fatalities) targets in the automobile industry. In a driving environment, radar sensors must detect real objects even when there is interference. The R&S®AREG800A automotive radar echo generator is essential to any solution that tests radar sensor immunity to interference.

Englisch - 15.06.2023

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a pillar of 6G. Combining two different yet similar worlds – communications and environmental sensing – brings the future to life in the 6G era. The key ISAC drivers are beamforming with MIMO arrays, artificial intelligence (AI), modern modulation schemes and dense network infrastructure. The R&S®AREG800A automotive radar echo generator is a core element of a versatile research and development test solution in the ISAC community.

Englisch - 11.03.2024

Automotive radars are essential to safety systems such as collision avoidance and adaptive cruise control. The radars are a pillar of ADAS/AD systems and an important part of sensor fusion. The effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of automotive radar sensors is the total power emitted from radar antennas and a comprehensive measure of signal strength and coverage capability (essential to assessing automotive radar sensor performance). The AREG800A automotive radar echo generator makes for easy EIRP measurements when validating automotive radar sensors.

Englisch - 06.08.2024

As vehicles integrate more ADAS & Automated Driving (AD) functions, precise radar validation is essential for safety features like AEBSS and SAE Level 2 & 3 automation. Simulation-based testing offers flexibility but lacks real-world accuracy, while road testing is costly and inconsistent. Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) solutions bridge this gap, enabling real-time radar sensor evaluation with high repeatability.Rohde & Schwarz supports this with the R&S®AREG800A radar echo generator and R&S®QAT100 antenna array, simulating dynamic targets in angle, range, velocity, and size, and integrating via Open Simulation Interface (OSI). With cutting-edge radar test solutions, R&S ensures safer, more reliable ADAS/AD systems.This educational note explores the current state of closed-loop testing for radar-based hardware, focusing on how Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems enable realistic validation of automotive radar sensors. It highlights key driving scenarios that HIL must address and demonstrates how the R&S®AREG800A radar echo generator and R&S®QAT100 antenna array support closed-loop validation.

Englisch - 03.09.2025