A METHOD FOR COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SIMULATION OF RADAR RAW DATA

The invention refers to a method for computer-implemented simulation of radar raw data (RD), where the radar raw data (RD) are generated for a synthetic MIMO radar system (1) comprising a transmitter array (2) of several transmitters (201, 202) for transmitting radar signals and a receiver array (3) of several receivers (301, 302) for receiving radar echoes of the radar signals. In this method, ray tracing (RTR) of a radar signal (RS) sent from a preset transmitting position (TP) within the transmitter array (3) and received at a preset receiving position (RP) within the receiver array (3) is performed based on a 3D model (MO) of a virtual area (AR) adjacent to the MIMO radar system (1), where the ray tracing (RTR) determines propagations of a plurality of rays (R1, R2, R3) within the radar signal (RS) from the preset transmitting position (TP) to the preset receiving position (RP), the propagation of each ray (R1, R2, R3) being dependent on a first angle (theta) and a second angle (phi) describing the direct