Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Market by End-User (Healthcare, Automotive and Transportation, Manufacturing, Residential Retail), Application (RTLS/WSN, Imaging), and Geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Rest of the World) - Global Forecast to 2022

“Growing use of UWB-based RTLS technology in resource utilization and workflow optimization requirement in manufacturing industries is the major driver for the growth of the UWB market.”
The ultra-wideband (UWB) market was valued at USD 62.9 million in 2016 and is expected to reach USD 85.4 million by 2022, at a CAGR of 5.2% between 2016 and 2022. The staggering growth of Internet of Things (IoT) has allowed various wireless communication technologies to be reintroduced, repurposed, and resurrected. The growth of industrial IoT is expected to provide significant market opportunities for the UWB technology between 2016 and 2022. The UWB technology is extensively used in asset tracking and inventory management in manufacturing industries.
Factor such as low range, limited throughput and premium pricing of UWB technology compared to its counterparts are acting as the biggest growth barrier for the UWB market in most parts of the world. In price-sensitive consumer electronics product such as smartphones, tablets, and other home networking devices, the high cost of UWB technology is the biggest hindrance to its mainstream acceptance.
“Residential end user segment is expected to grow at the highest rate in UWB market.”
UWB technology in indoor positioning system inside smart homes is expected to witness a significant growth between 2016 and 2022. The indoor location tracking is the most dominant application of UWB technology in a residential environment. UWB technology offers location information that allows the design of smart devices to enhance user immersion experience. UWB-based indoor positioning system also helps to monitor humidity and temperature levels in storage and production rooms inside the residential areas. UWB within the home environment is also used extensively for its tracking and localization capabilities for smart surround sound applications.
“RTLS/WSN application segment expected to witness the highest growth in the UWB market”
The benefits provided by UWB technology in diverse application sectors, ranging from healthcare to defense, are the prime factors responsible for the high growth of this technology in the real-time location system (RTLS) market, worldwide. There is an increase in the demand for RTLS/wireless sensor network (WSN) solutions based on UWB technology in manufacturing and healthcare industries, to locate and track the exact location of objects, which cannot be tracked by radio frequency identification (RFID) or wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) technologies because of obstructions such as hard concrete wall. This factor is expected to drive the growth of the RTLS/WSN application segment for UWB market between 2016 and 2022.
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“North America to hold the largest share and APAC to witness the highest growth in the UWB market”
North America is expected to continue to hold the largest share in UWB market owing to the presence of major UWB players in the U.S. and the high adoption rate of UWB-based RTLS/WSN technologies, specifically in the healthcare and retail sector. Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to grow at the highest rate in the UWB market because of high industrial growth in the manufacturing and retail sector in this region.
In the process of determining and verifying the market size for several segments and subsegments gathered through secondary research, extensive primary interviews have been conducted with key people in the UWB industry. The break-up of primary participants has been shown below:
‧ By Company Type: Tier 1 – 55 %, Tier 2 – 20%, and Tier 3 – 25%
‧ By Designation: C-Level Executives – 50%, Directors – 25%, and Others – 25%
‧ By Region: North America – 60%, Europe – 20%, APAC – 10%, and RoW – 10%,
The report also profiles the key players in the UWB market ecosystem. The prominent players profiled in this report are DecaWave Ltd. (Ireland), 5D Robotics, Inc. (U.S.), Pulse ~LINK, Inc. (U.S.), TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. (Japan), Alereon, Inc. (U.S.), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea), BeSpoon SAS (France), Fractus Antennas S.L. (Spain), Johanson Technology, Inc. (U.S.), Zebra Technologies Corporation (U.S.), and Nanotron Technologies GmbH (Germany) among others
Research Coverage:
The overall market for UWB has been segmented on the basis of application, end user, and geography. Geography has been further segmented into the country level. The Porter’s five forces analysis has also been included in the report with a description of each of its forces and its respective impact on the UWB market. This report describes the drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges for the growth of the UWB market.
Key Benefits of Buying the Report
The report would help leaders/new entrants in the UWB market in the following ways:
1. This report segments the UWB market comprehensively and provides the closest market size projection for all segments across different regions.
2. The report helps stakeholders understand the pulse of the UWB market and provides them with the information on key drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities for market growth.
3. This report would help stakeholders understand their competitors better and gain more insights to improve their position in the business. The competitive landscape section includes competitor ecosystem, new product developments, partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions.
4. Porter’s five forces framework has been utilized along with the value chain analysis to provide an in-depth insight into the UWB market.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION 12
1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 12
1.2 MARKET DEFINITION 12
1.3 STUDY SCOPE 13
1.3.1 MARKETS COVERED 13
1.3.2 GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE 13
1.3.3 YEARS CONSIDERED FOR THE STUDY 14
1.4 CURRENCY 14
1.5 LIMITATIONS 14
1.6 MARKET STAKEHOLDERS 15
2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16
2.1 RESEARCH DATA 17
2.1.1 SECONDARY DATA 17
2.1.1.1 Key data from secondary sources 17
2.1.2 PRIMARY DATA 18
2.1.2.1 Key data from primary sources 18
2.1.2.2 Key industry insight 19
2.1.2.3 Breakdown of primaries 19
2.2 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION 20
2.2.1 BOTTOM-UP APPROACH 21
2.2.2 TOP-DOWN APPROACH 22
2.2.3 MARKET SHARE ESTIMATION 22
2.3 MARKET BREAKDOWN AND DATA TRIANGULATION 23
2.4 RESEARCH ASSUMPTIONS 24
3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 25
4 PREMIUM INSIGHTS 29
4.1 ATTRACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE GLOBAL UWB MARKET 29
4.2 UWB MARKET, BY END-USER AND REGION, 2016 30
4.3 COUNTRY-WISE MARKET SHARE ANALYSIS OF THE UWB MARKET 31
4.4 UWB MARKET SIZE, BY REGION 31
4.5 UWB MARKET, BY APPLICATION 32
4.6 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS, BY REGION (2016) 33
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5 MARKET OVERVIEW 34
5.1 INTRODUCTION 35
5.2 FREQUENCY ALLOCATED FOR UWB TECHNOLOGY 35
5.3 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF IEEE WPAN STANDARDS 36
5.3.1 UWB TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES 37
5.4 MARKET SEGMENTATION 38
5.4.1 UWB MARKET, BY APPLICATION 38
5.4.2 UWB MARKET, BY END-USER 39
5.4.3 UWB MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 40
5.5 MARKET DYNAMICS 41
5.5.1 DRIVERS 41
5.5.1.1 Growing demand for UWB technology in RTLS 41
5.5.1.2 Growth in industrial Internet of Things (IoT) 42
5.5.2 RESTRAINTS 43
5.5.2.1 Low adoption of UWB technology in consumer electronics 43
5.5.2.2 High competition from substitute products 43
5.5.3 OPPORTUNITIES 44
5.5.3.1 UWB technology in wireless sensor network 44
5.5.4 CHALLENGES 45
5.5.4.1 Limitation in channel estimation 45
5.5.4.2 Interference from other narrowband wireless systems 45
6 UWB MARKET, BY APPLICATION 46
6.1 INTRODUCTION 47
6.1.1 RTLS/WSN 49
6.1.2 IMAGING 51
6.1.3 OTHERS 53
7 UWB MARKET BY END-USER 56
7.1 INTRODUCTION 57
7.2 HEALTHCARE 59
7.3 AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION 61
7.4 MANUFACTURING 63
7.5 RESIDENTIAL 65
7.6 RETAIL 67
7.7 OTHERS 69
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8 UWB MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 71
8.1 INTRODUCTION 72
8.2 NORTH AMERICA 74
8.2.1 U.S. 80
8.2.2 CANADA 80
8.2.3 MEXICO 80
8.3 EUROPE 81
8.3.1 GERMANY 86
8.3.2 FRANCE 87
8.3.3 U.K. 87
8.3.4 ITALY 87
8.3.5 REST OF EUROPE 87
8.4 ASIA-PACIFIC 88
8.4.1 CHINA 94
8.4.2 JAPAN 94
8.4.3 SOUTH KOREA 94
8.4.4 REST OF APAC 95
8.5 ROW 95
8.5.1 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 99
8.5.2 SOUTH AMERICA 99
9 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 100
9.1 OVERVIEW 100
9.2 MARKET RANKING ANALYSIS OF KEY PLAYERS IN 2015 102
9.2.1 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES 104
9.2.2 PARTNERSHIPS AND AGREEMENTS 105
9.2.3 MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 106
9.2.4 EXPANSIONS 106
10 COMPANY PROFILES 107
(Company at a Glance, Recent Financials, Products & Services, Strategies & Insights, & Recent Developments)*
10.1 INTRODUCTION 107
10.2 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 108
10.3 TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 110
10.4 ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 112
10.5 ALEREON, INC. 114
10.6 PULSE~LINK, INC. 116
10.7 5D ROBOTICS INC. 118
10.8 DECAWAVE LTD. 120
10.9 FRACTUS ANTENNAS S.L 123
10.10 NANOTRON TECHNOLOGIES GMBH 124
10.11 JOHANSON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 126
10.12 BESPOON SAS. 127
*Details on company at a glance, recent financials, products & services, strategies & insights, & recent developments might not be captured in case of unlisted companies.
11 APPENDIX 129
11.1 INSIGHTS OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS 129
11.2 DISCUSSION GUIDE 130
11.3 KNOWLEDGE STORE: MARKETSANDMARKETS’ SUBSCRIPTION PORTAL 132
11.4 INTRODUCING RT: REAL-TIME MARKET INTELLIGENCE 134
11.5 AVAILABLE CUSTOMIZATIONS 135
11.6 RELATED REPORTS 135
11.7 AUTHOR DETAILS 136