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WaveFarer® Automotive Radar Simulation Software

WaveFarer® is a high fidelity radar simulator that accounts for multipath and scattering from structures and vehicles in the immediate environment of a radar system as well as key atmospheric and scattering effects for frequencies up to and beyond 100 GHz. Applications include simulation of automotive drive scenarios, indoor sensors, and far field radar cross section (RCS).

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Near Field Propagation Method

Calculate scattering off target surfaces, including multipath interactions with ground reflections, using ray-tracing algorithms and physics-based calculations.

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Targeted Ray Casting

Efficiently produce high fidelity returns by fully-illuminating targets.

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Diffuse Scattering

Calculate contribution of scattering from rough surfaces to radar clutter.

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Dynamic Scenario

Apply movement to radar sensors, target vehicles, and other scatterers in your drive test simulations.

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User Defined Antennas

Import measured or simulated radiation patterns.

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Scripts for Chirp Waveforms and Range-Doppler

Use WaveFarer scripts and utilities to simulate chirp waveforms, and post-process results to provide range-Doppler and other outputs.

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Shared Platform with XFdtd

Integrated solution promotes productivity.

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Automotive Radar

Simulation technology has advanced to meet more stringent design requirements for 24 GHz and 77 GHz automotive radar sensors including blind spot detection (BSD) and lane change assistance (LCA). Remcom offers an integrated approach from sensor design to drive test scenarios.

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Radar and Scattering

Remcom’s software products are important tools for analyses including Radar Cross Section (RCS) computation, radar antenna design, and scattering applications.

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WaveFarer Documentation and Learning Resources

 

WaveFarer Specifications

 

WaveFarer Capabilities

Contact us for additional capability information or to discuss your specific needs.

GUI
  • User-defined library containing Parts, Sources, Materials, and more

  • Full parameterization

  • Scripting interface with built-in editor

  • Macros

  • Custom project templates

  • Feature-based modeling

  • Live-updating results

  • Flexible, customizable project tree

  • Simulation queue

  • Interactive graph manipulation

  • Real-time error checking with feedback

  • Native multi-platform UI on Windows and Linux

CAD Import/Export
  • Import SAT/SAB files

  • Import DXF files

  • Import VDA-FS files

  • Import STL files

  • Import STEP files

  • Import IGES files

  • Import Pro-E files

  • Import CATIA V4 and V5 files

  • Import Inventor files

  • Export to SAT files

  • Export to STEP file

  • Export to IGES file

  • Export to CATIA file

  • Export to STL file

  • Export to DXF file

  • Editing of imported CAD objects

Physics Modeling
  • Three-dimensional ray-tracing with special features to target detailed target models

  • Near field scattering using PO and MEC

  • Multipath with roads and structures based on UTD

  • Diffuse scattering from rough surfaces 

Materials and Environmental Effects
  • Extensive options for defining material properties:

    • Dielectrics and magnetic materials (finite thickness or half-spaces)

    • Perfect electric conductors

    • Perfect magnetic conductors

    • Perfect absorbers

    • Constant coefficients

    • Free space (air or vacuum)

    • Multilayer materials, combining any of the above

  • Diffuse scattering to capture additional clutter from rough surfaces

  • Atmospheric absorption

Geometry Generation
  • 3D solid modeler

  • 2D sketcher with constraints

  • Feature-based modeling

  • Arbitrary extrudes, revolves, sheets, and wire bodies

  • Complex geometry modification of created and imported geometries:

    • Wrap

    • Booleans

    • Chamfer edges

    • Blend edges

    • Shell solids

    • Remove faces

    • Offset faces and sheet edges

    • Remove holes

    • Thicken sheets

    • Loft

    • Stretch

    • Twist

    • Bend solid geometry

    • Project a sheet

    • Scale/translate/rotate/reflect/shear

    • Linear and circular patterns

  • Primitive geometric shapes:

    • Sphere

    • Cylinder

    • Cone

    • Cuboid

    • Torus

    • Pyramid

    • Prism

    • Frustum

    • Helix

  • Locators to easily reposition geometries

  • Cutting plane to reveal inner structure

Antenna Modeling
  • Transmitter/receiver sets defined through individual points

  • Built-in antenna types

    • Directional

    • Isotropic

    • Halfwave dipole

  • Far zone patterns imported from XFdtd

  • User-defined antenna patterns

Acceleration Options
  • GPU acceleration using NVIDIA’s CUDA architecture

  • Multiprocessor threading for unlimited cores

Visual Output
  • Radar Cross Section (RCS)

    • Monostatic or bistatic RCS

    • Option for High Range Resolution (HRR)

  • Received power

  • Path loss and path gain

  • Complex impulse response

  • Delay spread

  • Received power vs. angle of arrival or departure

  • RMS angle spread (arrival or departure)

  • Propagation path data export

Post Processing
  • Custom results using scripting API

  • Export results into MATLAB for post-processing

  • Export results into CSV text format

 

Versions

WaveFarer Versions Comparison

Standard
Radar
GPU Acceleration
3D CAD Modeling
Parameterization and Scripting
Radar Cross Section
Dynamic Scenarios
Built-in Antennas
Target Object Library
Near-field Propagation Model
Transceivers
User-defined Antennas

 

WaveFarer System Requirements

System Requirements

Minimum
Recommended
Advanced
Processor
Intel i3
Intel i7 or better
Dual Intel Xeon
Logical Processors [1]
2
4
8+
RAM
8 GB
16 GB
64 GB
GPU RAM
2 GB
6 GB
12 GB
Hard Drive Space
500 GB
1 TB
2 TB

[1] Performance typically improves with more cores (or logical processors); however, many systems with large numbers of logical processors have limitations on sustained peak utilization.

[2] GPU must be a CUDA capable card and compatible with NVIDIA OptiX 4.1.0.  Based on the release notes for OptiX 4.1.0 and the timing of its release, CUDA capable cards with compute capability between 3.0 and 6.1 should be supported.  Contact NVIDIA support for specific recommendations. 

XStream GPU Acceleration:
  • NVIDIA compute capability: 3.0 - 6.1 [2]

GUI - Supported Platforms:
  • Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10, 64- bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 64-bit (and compatible systems) 
Computation Engine – Supported Platforms:
  • Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, 64-bit (and compatible systems)
  • Inquire for other platform availability.
The MPI module is available for the following platforms:
  • Open MPI on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, 64-bit (and compatible systems) 
  • Inquire for other platform availability.
 

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WaveFarer Professional Support

One year of Remcom Professional Support (RPS) is included with each product you purchase. Maintaining your license ensures that you will always have access to technical support and that you receive free product upgrades!

  • Personal attention: speak directly with our engineers
  • Product upgrades included
  • Issue resolution, including escalation to higher management if necessary
  • Toll-free phone and email support availability

Support is available from 9am-5pm Eastern Time, Monday-Friday.

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