MATLAB: Possible to obtain bistatic clutter model

Question

Howdy!

The "constant gamma clutter" model states that it assumes the radar is monostatic. http://www.mathworks.com/help/phased/ref/phased.constantgammaclutter-class.html

How can I make a clutter model, for a Bistatic radar?

I have tried to look through the step() of the phased.ConstantGammaClutter object, in ConstantGammaClutter.m in the MATLAB install directory, and found the protected method stepImpl().

Unfortunately, all the variables are private, and there are so many levels of functions that it's hard to find out what's actually going on.

I understand that, in a bistatic case, the clutter is being reflected at different angles. This probably means it is more computationally intense than the monostatic case that is already provided. Is there anything from MathWorks that can help me with this?

Answer 1

Unfortunately there is no bistatic clutter model in Phased Array System Toolbox at this point. Is there any particular model you are interested in? Like you mentioned, the bistatic clutter computation can be quite intensive.