bistatic rangeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Bistatic range refers to the basic measurement of range made by a radar or sonar system with separated transmitter and receiver. The receiver measures the time difference of arrival of the signal from the transmitter directly, and via reflection from the target. This defines an ellipse of constant bistatic range, called an iso-range contour, on which the target lies, with foci centred on the transmitter and receiver. If the target is at range R_rx from the receiver and range R_tx from the transmitter, and the receiver and transmitter are a distance L apart, then the bistatic range is R_rx+R_tx-L. Motion of the target causes a rate of change of bistatic range, which results in bistatic Doppler shift.