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BodyWave™ Application Case Study: UWB Wildlife Tracking TagRanger®

Use Case/Case Study 8th July 2026
Wildlife Tracking UWB
Jason ArmstrongSenior Content Marketer

Inside TagRanger®: how BodyWave™ antenna technology finds what GPS can't

Keeping a signal reliable when a body blocks the path between devices is one of the hardest problems facing wearable device manufacturers. For wildlife tracking tags, that problem is sharper still: animals wedge themselves under rocks, move through burrows, or cover rough terrain at speed, so a tag's antenna can end up facing any direction at any moment. That’s the problem BodyWave™ antenna technology was engineered to address.

This case study shows how Icoteq integrated the BodyWave™ UWB antenna into both the tag and Finder of their TagRanger® wildlife tracking system, and the results were confirmed through their own testing, including:

  • A 6 to 12dB improvement in NLoS link budget over traditional chip and printed antennas, translating to double the usable range, or half the power needed to maintain the same range
  • A full 360° gain plot showing even signal strength in every direction, regardless of the tag's orientation or mounting position
  • No antenna exclusion zone required, freeing space inside the tag for a larger battery

This case study covers the wireless challenge TagRanger® faced in the field, the antenna design considerations behind the solution, and the full results, including the story of a detached tag recovered from dense undergrowth using UWB ranging.

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