Near-field signature prediction using far-field scattering centers extracted from the shooting and bouncing ray technique

We present a technique to predict the near-field radar cross section (RCS) of a target using the far-field scattering centers extracted from the shooting and bouncing ray (SBR) technique. The results generated using this methodology are verified against the brute-force SBR calculations for near-field scenarios. It is demonstrated that this technique is a fairly accurate and very efficient way to generate near-field RCS data provided that the transceiver is not very close to the target.