FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention pertains primarily to the field of animal husbandry and more specifically to the electronic tagging and tracking of herd animals. The present invention consists of an electronic ear tag that monitors the position of the animal to which it is attached via a satellite positioning system and relays the data via a built-in Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) LoRaWAN radio system to any nearby LoRaWAN gateway and is thereby transmitted over the internet to servers for processing and display.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an ultrahigh-frequency animal electronic ear tag, which facilitates the placement of a GPS (Global Positioning System) positioning tag on the body of an animal. The specific technical scheme is that the ultrahigh-frequency animal electronic ear tag comprises a tag body, the GPS positioning chip, a rechargeable battery and a plastic casing, wherein the plastic casing is arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the GPS positioning chip and the GPS positioning chip is fixed in the tag body. Since the tag body protects the GPS positioning chip, the GPS positioning chip is prevented from being damaged by external force, sunlight, water, etc. There is a theft-prevention wire that runs around the tag fastener hole that prevents theft and notifies if the tag is removed. The tag is fastened in order to achieve maximum GPS Antennae transmission. The ear tag is powered by a battery and is trickle charged via a solar panel.

The LoRa-WAN gateway is fixed to a tower network which will be managed and deployed by a team. The towers will contain LoRa-WAN gateways for transmission and receiving electronic tag information, cellular and satellite backhaul, long range WiFi for linking towers and local WiFi. The local WiFi will be accessible to the user where towers are installed and there is no cellular signal or internet services. This local WiFi will provide access to locate tags in the field for which the tower is covering.

The cellular (3G, 4G, 5G, etc.) or satellite backhaul will receive data about the tags and this data will be used in a front-end web application, Android and iOS app. The user can also send data back to the tag. These short commands will include features such as reboot, blink LEDs, change mode and request historical data.

