Industry Development & Promotion Grant (IPDG)
What is IPDG?
The Industry Promotion and Development Grant (IPDG) was initiated by MCMC in 2012. MTSFB is entrusted by MCMC to manage the Grant and projects implemented by Grant recipients. IPDG was conceived for the purpose of enhancing knowledge, Research & Development (R&D), and establishing competitiveness in technology innovation by creating a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) project that contributes to the communications and multimedia industry.
The Objectives

To spur technology, standards development and adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) within the field of communication network, infrastructure and applications.





Roles and Activities
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Project Grant Recipients and Reports

Asia Pacific Green Data Center Farm (Eco2)
01/08/2013 – 10/04/2014
Status: Completed
A localized data centre cooling solution based on fluid-submersion technology. The system is designed to use non-conductive re-engineered palm oil as the liquid coolant and function well in tropical climate.

Telecommunication Equipment Baseline Study
31/10/2014 – 15/06/2016
Status: Completed
Assess carbon emission baseline and establish measures for energy consumption and carbon emission reduction

Typical Data Centre Baseline Study
31/10/2014 – 15/06/2016
Status: Completed
Assess carbon emission baseline and establish measures for energy consumption and carbon emission reduction

Hybrid Hydrogen Fuel Cell & Solar PV Off Grid System for Telco Site
30/01/2015 – 05/08/2016
Status: Completed
Utilising solar and hydrogen fuel cell to provide full power supply required by a remote BTS site for rural areas without commercial power supply

RoadMe: Vehicle Diagnostics & Monitoring System (VDMS)
07/03/2016 – 06/11/2017
Status: Completed
Integrated system that can capture useful information to analyse, organise and improve the management of vehicle fleet through important vehicle data such as speed, location, driving pattern and route compliance.

Ketutu Fish Farming
15/05/2017 – 15/03/2018
Status: Completed
Real time continuous water quality monitoring system (RTWQ) made up of multi probes sensors that measure water quality parameters at pre-defined intervals and store the information on digital data loggers without the need for any operator intervention or M2M communication.

Smart Factory (Industrial IOT)
04/01/2018 - 30/03/2018
Status: Completed
A prototype platform on existing factory to measure, feedback and improve on their energy efficiency through placement of sensors across the factory and monitoring through an in-house dashboard.

E-Padi – An IOT Based Paddy Productivity Monitoring and Advisory System
04/01/2018 - 06/09/2018
Status: Completed
A platform to measure PH, water level, temperature and humidity of paddy field through deployment of sensors for better paddy yield. Monitoring & notifications through mobile app utilising LORA for communication.

Elderly Care Iot Platform and Solution
04/01/2018 - 08/01/2019
Status: Completed
This project is an IoT ecosystem for elderly care consisting of wearable and other connected health devices, platform, application and analytics. The solution helps in relaying crucial information to their next of kin. The information will also be used to provide prediction on their health so that precautionary measures can be taken.

Smart Drive-through Takeaway Utilising Wirelessly Powered Passive Tag Automatic Identification For Vehicle Security And Services With Energy Harvesting Capability
04/01/2018 - 05/03/2019
Status: Completed
Development of new wireless device & protocol for vehicle tagging that has wireless charging capability. This solution was utilised for Smart-drive through takeaway system.

Development Of Energy-Efficient, Long Range Communication System For Environmental Monitoring Using Low Power Wide Area Networks For Internet of Things
04/01/2018 - 05/03/2019
Status: Completed
The remote environmental monitoring system aimed to develop and monitor various parameters at Pulau Bidong such as temperature, humidity, pH value of water, turbidity and etc. A long-range communication network using LPWAN technology was applied for the end node which is located at Pulau Bidong and the base station/gateway which is located at a top of building in UMT.

Tree Hugger @ Cyberjaya
10/05/2019 - 10/09/2019
Status: Completed
This project is a mobile application developed for allowing connection to recycle in a cleaner and more reliable system. It is also help to keep track of individual carbon footprint and help to reduce the nation’s carbon footprint by high quality recovery process for the valuable materials in electronic waste.

ASIDS: Low Cost Acoustic Surveillance Intrusion Detection System for Wildlife Protection
10/05/2019- 10/05/2020
Status: Completed
This project to develop autonomous wildlife intrusion detection system (ASIDS) by using recent machine learning technique and hybrid of computing optimization method for an optimal performance. It is also to architect a working prototype for the system in a real forest environment and to evaluate the performance of ASIDs with different classifiers in a real forest environment.

V-SUrF: Smart Urban Farming for Vegetables
10/05/2019 - 10/11/2020
Status: Completed
This project is aimed to utilise cloud-IoT platform in urban farming by analysing data. It is also to develop a decision support system (DSS) and smart scheduling system that automatically triggers urban farm sensors.
It also integrate the developed system into a mobile application.

AVMS: Advanced Vehicle Monitoring and Assistance System for Heavy Vehicle in Malaysia
19/07/2019 - 19/07/2020
Status: Completed
This project to develop a speed monitoring feedback control system, a driver’s alert awareness feedback control system while driving on the road. It is also to implement driving assistance system using lane tracking method and to provide real-time information in vehicle activities through access portal.

Lightning Interference in 4G Wireless Communication Links
April 2021 - April 2022
Status: Completed
This project aims to implement the Proof of Concept (PoC) of the Lightning Interference in 4G Wireless Communication Links. The duration of this PoC is for 12 months starting April 2021. The PoC is carried out in Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer (FKEKK), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Jalan Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka.
This project aims to quantify and analyse the effect of lightning electromagnetic interference to 4G wireless communication links. Comprehensive experimentation has been conducted to measure low frequency and microwave electric field radiations together with User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) packets transmission over Fourth Generation (4G) wireless communication link during storm events.

Monitoring System and Localisation of COVID19 Patient
March 2021 - March 2022
Status: Completed
This project aims to implement the Proof of Concept (PoC) of the Monitoring System and Localisation of COVID19 Patient. The duration of this PoC is for 12 months starting March 2021. The PoC is carried out in Pusat Kuarantin dan Rawatan (PKRC) at Kolej Jururawat Masyarakat Kangar (KJM).
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is an ideal data capture and sharing system in various of monitoring applications especially healthcare environment. From admissions and administration, through points-of-care to managing equipment and supplies, an RFID solution provides an efficient, cost-effective information system to support best practices in patient service.
Besides that, the secured parameter of facilities applying the RFID technology is becoming essential nowadays when the spreading of the virus COVID-19 become aggressive. Person Under Surveillance (PUS) and Person Under Investigation (PUI) were given special non-electronic wristbands to indicate that they are under quarantine. They were also monitored through the ‘MySejahtera’ mobile application. However, these methods cannot detect whether the PUS or PUI remained in their quarantine stations.
Thus, a localised monitoring system for PUS and PUI in the quarantine stations was developed. Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) RFID tag antenna was implemented for its capability to improve the antenna’s performance and better efficiency. Monitoring and localising the web-based system using RFID technology with the application of Internet of Things (loT) and cloud technology were integrated as a RFID full system application. This system can run and monitor in real-time on multiple devices concurrently and will alert the relevant parties on any case of PUS or PUI escaping the quarantine stations.

Vision Based Intelligent Traffic Monitoring System (VBITMS)
March 2021 - September 2022
Status: Completed
This project aims to develop a Proof of Concept (PoC) on a vision-based intelligent traffic monitoring system that classifies and counts vehicles as they move through a fixed detection zone in a CCTV field of view.
The system uses Artificial Intelligent (AI) to classify vehicles into one of three categories: car, motorcycle, and heavy vehicles (vans and trucks). With data trajectory, analysis, and prediction, traffic flow and anomalies condition can be determined in real-time to help authorities and road users make fast decisions.
In addition, historical data on traffic flow can help the city council enforce traffic diversion, revise road planning, develop better access to property and business areas and study the impact of vehicle carbon emissions.
Vision Based Intelligent Traffic Monitoring System (VBITMS)

This project aims to develop a Proof of Concept (PoC) on a vision-based intelligent traffic monitoring system that classifies and counts vehicles as they move through a fixed detection zone in a CCTV field of view.
The system uses Artificial Intelligent (AI) to classify vehicles into one of three categories: car, motorcycle, and heavy vehicles (vans and trucks). With data trajectory, analysis, and prediction, traffic flow and anomalies condition can be determined in real-time to help authorities and road users make fast decisions.
In addition, historical data on traffic flow can help the city council enforce traffic diversion, revise road planning, develop better access to property and business areas and study the impact of vehicle carbon emissions.
Monitoring System and Localisation of COVID19 Patient

This project aims to implement the Proof of Concept (PoC) of the Monitoring System and Localisation of COVID19 Patient. The duration of this PoC is for 12 months starting March 2021. The PoC is carried out in Pusat Kuarantin dan Rawatan (PKRC) at Kolej Jururawat Masyarakat Kangar (KJM).
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is an ideal data capture and sharing system in various of monitoring applications especially healthcare environment. From admissions and administration, through points-of-care to managing equipment and supplies, an RFID solution provides an efficient, cost-effective information system to support best practices in patient service.
Besides that, the secured parameter of facilities applying the RFID technology is becoming essential nowadays when the spreading of the virus COVID-19 become aggressive. Person Under Surveillance (PUS) and Person Under Investigation (PUI) were given special non-electronic wristbands to indicate that they are under quarantine. They were also monitored through the ‘MySejahtera’ mobile application. However, these methods cannot detect whether the PUS or PUI remained in their quarantine stations.
Thus, a localised monitoring system for PUS and PUI in the quarantine stations was developed. Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) RFID tag antenna was implemented for its capability to improve the antenna’s performance and better efficiency. Monitoring and localising the web-based system using RFID technology with the application of Internet of Things (loT) and cloud technology were integrated as a RFID full system application. This system can run and monitor in real-time on multiple devices concurrently and will alert the relevant parties on any case of PUS or PUI escaping the quarantine stations.
Lightning Interference in 4G Wireless Communication Links

This project aims to implement the Proof of Concept (PoC) of the Lightning Interference in 4G Wireless Communication Links. The duration of this PoC is for 12 months starting April 2021. The PoC is carried out in Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer (FKEKK), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Jalan Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka.
This project aims to quantify and analyse the effect of lightning electromagnetic interference to 4G wireless communication links. Comprehensive experimentation has been conducted to measure low frequency and microwave electric field radiations together with User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) packets transmission over Fourth Generation (4G) wireless communication link during storm events.
AVMS: Advanced Vehicle Monitoring and Assistance System for Heavy Vehicle in Malaysia

This project to develop a speed monitoring feedback control system, a driver’s alert awareness feedback control system while driving on the road. It is also to implement driving assistance system using lane tracking method and to provide real-time information in vehicle activities through access portal.
V-SUrF: Smart Urban Farming for Vegetables

This project is aimed to utilise cloud-IoT platform in urban farming by analysing data. It is also to develop a decision support system (DSS) and smart scheduling system that automatically triggers urban farm sensors.
It also integrate the developed system into a mobile application.
ASIDS: Low Cost Acoustic Surveillance Intrusion Detection System for Wildlife Protection

This project to develop autonomous wildlife intrusion detection system (ASIDS) by using recent machine learning technique and hybrid of computing optimization method for an optimal performance. It is also to architect a working prototype for the system in a real forest environment and to evaluate the performance of ASIDs with different classifiers in a real forest environment.
Tree Hugger @ Cyberjaya

This project is a mobile application developed for allowing connection to recycle in a cleaner and more reliable system. It is also help to keep track of individual carbon footprint and help to reduce the nation’s carbon footprint by high quality recovery process for the valuable materials in electronic waste.
Development Of Energy-Efficient, Long Range Communication System For Environmental Monitoring Using Low Power Wide Area Networks For Internet of Things

The remote environmental monitoring system aimed to develop and monitor various parameters at Pulau Bidong such as temperature, humidity, pH value of water, turbidity and etc. A long-range communication network using LPWAN technology was applied for the end node which is located at Pulau Bidong and the base station/gateway which is located at a top of building in UMT.
Smart Drive-through Takeaway Utilising Wirelessly Powered Passive Tag Automatic Identification For Vehicle Security And Services With Energy Harvesting Capability

Development of new wireless device & protocol for vehicle tagging that has wireless charging capability. This solution was utilised for Smart-drive through takeaway system.
Elderly Care Iot Platform and Solution

This project is an IoT ecosystem for elderly care consisting of wearable and other connected health devices, platform, application and analytics. The solution helps in relaying crucial information to their next of kin. The information will also be used to provide prediction on their health so that precautionary measures can be taken.
E-Padi – An IOT Based Paddy Productivity Monitoring and Advisory System

A platform to measure PH, water level, temperature and humidity of paddy field through deployment of sensors for better paddy yield. Monitoring & notifications through mobile app utilising LORA for communication.
Ketutu Fish Farming

Real time continuous water quality monitoring system (RTWQ) made up of multi probes sensors that measure water quality parameters at pre-defined intervals and store the information on digital data loggers without the need for any operator intervention or M2M communication.
RoadMe: Vehicle Diagnostics & Monitoring System (VDMS)

Integrated system that can capture useful information to analyse, organise and improve the management of vehicle fleet through important vehicle data such as speed, location, driving pattern and route compliance.
Hybrid Hydrogen Fuel Cell & Solar PV Off Grid System for Telco Site

Utilising solar and hydrogen fuel cell to provide full power supply required by a remote BTS site for rural areas without commercial power supply
Asia Pacific Green Data Center Farm (Eco2)

A localized data centre cooling solution based on fluid-submersion technology. The system is designed to use non-conductive re-engineered palm oil as the liquid coolant and function well in tropical climate.