C. J. Bradley, P. J. Collins, D. G. Falconer, J. Fortuny-Guasch and A. J. Terzuoli, “Evaluation of a Near-Field Monostatic-to-Bistatic Equivalence Theorem,” in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 449-457, Feb. 2008, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.909107.
Abstract
This paper presents the results of an investigation to quantitatively determine the limits of Falconer’s monostatic-to-bistatic equivalence theorem (MBET). Falconer developed two extensions to Kell’s MBET: one that is applicable to near-zone data and one that is valid in both the near- and far-zone regions. This paper encompassed collecting and analyzing both monostatic and bistatic radar cross-section data for perfect electrically conducting objects. Specifically, the authors analyzed the effects of varying the transmission frequency, scattering object complexity, and receiver bistatic angle. Objects ranged in geometric complexity from simple canonical objects to multifaceted shapes that produce multiple reflections. Empirical data collected in the far zone were compared with the analytical predictions produced by a commercially available method-of-moment (MoM) code. The code was run at X-band through K-band frequencies for a comparison with the measured data. The empirical bistatic data were then compared with[…]
