FERS Simulation Workflow Overview

Welcome to the FERS (Flexible Extensible Radar Simulator) simulation workflow documentation. This section provides a visual and descriptive breakdown of how FERS processes radar simulations from start to finish.

Where to Start

For a comprehensive understanding of the FERS simulation process, it's recommended to follow the flowcharts in the order they typically execute:

1. FERS Main Simulation Workflow: This is the best starting point. It provides a bird's-eye view of the entire simulation pipeline, from initialization to output generation, and links to more detailed sub-processes.
2. After reviewing the Main Workflow, you can dive into specific stages that interest you or follow the logical progression.

If you are interested in a specific aspect, you can jump directly to the relevant flowchart below.

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How to Navigate

• Each link below will take you to a dedicated page with a flowchart diagram of its steps.
• Flowchart pages will contain links to parent processes or relevant sub-processes to help you navigate the hierarchy.
• Flowchart pages also contain links to the relevant code files and functions which are described by the flowchart on the page.

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Simulation Flowcharts

This section outlines the primary stages of a FERS simulation.

• Main

  • main
  • ThreadPool-Constructor

• Input Handling

  • parseSimulation
  • parseParameters
  • parsePulse
  • parseTiming
  • parseAntenna
  • Platform Handling
    • parsePlatform
    • parseReceiver
    • parseTransmitter
    • parseTarget
    • parseMotionPath
    • parseRotationPath
    • Transmitter and Receiver Timing Source Initialization
      • ClockModelGenerator-Constructor
      • FAlphaBranch-init
      • FAlphaBranch-refill
  • parseMultipathSurface
  • world-processMultipath

• Simulation Execution & Output Generation

  • runThreadedSim
  • simulatePair
  • Radar Equation Calculations
    • solveRe
    • solveReDirect
  • Receiver Response Rendering

    • receiver-render

    • exportReceiverXml

    • exportReceiverCsv

    • exportReceiverBinary

    • HDF5 File Generation

      • generatePhaseNoise

      • Timing Source Handling

        • timing-reset
        • timing-skipSamples

      • renderWindow

      • Response Signal Processing

        • processResponse

    • quantizeWindow

    • addChunkToFile