This document discusses machine-to-machine (M2M) technology and its applications in Asia. It provides an overview of the M2M landscape in Asia Pacific, defines M2M, discusses an end-customer centric approach to growing M2M, outlines the M2M value chain, and provides case studies of M2M applications in Singapore including structural health monitoring of tunnels and a real-time water monitoring system. The document emphasizes adopting an operations expenditure business model to improve customer service levels and discusses the importance of reliability across the entire M2M ecosystem.

1. Smart Connected
Devices Asia
Applying M2M technology to Enable
Business Efficiency
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TriTech
Programme Director
Immediate Past President
Ex - Executive Directors
20 Nov 2012

2. Mega trends
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4. 1.Landscape in Asia
Pacific
2.What is Machine to
Machine (M2M)
3.End Customer Centric
M2M Approach to grow
4.M2M Value Chain Growth
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5. Confidential and Copyright
What is
China
doing ?

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What is
China
doing ?

7. Confidential and Copyright
What is
India
doing ?

8. A*STAR Urban Systems Initiative
Programs
Logistics&SupplyChain
ManagementProgram
IntegratedUrbanPlanning
Program
Complex Systems
Program
Sense & Sense-
abilities
Program

9. “Data Backbone” for Urban Solutions
City Dashboard @ FP Applications Creation
Integrated City
Planning
Sense &
Sense-ability
Logistics &
Supply Chain
Complex
Systems
A* DATA ANALYTICS & EXCHANGE PLATFORM (A*DAX)

10. M2M Device & Applications

11. 1.Landscape in Asia Pacific
2.What is Machine to Machine
(M2M)
3.End Customer Centric M2M
Approach to grow
4.M2M Value Chain Growth
5.Case Studies
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12. M2M consists of :-
•Sensor & Interfacing
•Embedded systems
•Wired/Wire-less Communications
(Data upload & download to mobile
devices)
•Web Applications
•Mobile Infocomm Technologies
Use to increase sales &/or
decrease costs
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13. • Embedded systems
• Machine Control and
Interfacing
Device#1
Device#2
Service Provider
Device#3
Wire-less
Communications
GPRS/3G/SMS
iN2015
Web Services
Device#6Device#7
Wire-less
Communications
WiFi 802.11,
Bluetooth, etc
M2M in Monitoring Application
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14. 1.Landscape in Asia Pacific
2.What is Machine to Machine
(M2M)
3.End Customer Centric M2M
Approach to grow
4.M2M Value Chain Growth
5.Case Studies
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15. Conditions to grow M2M
Blue Ocean Market
Lower setup
and operating
costs$
Delight user
with Excellent
Service Support
2%
98%
Marketusage
Use
Don’t
BLUE Ocean (non-techies)
RED Ocean (Techies)
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16. Onion, Meat, Fish, Garlic,
Pepper, Oil, Salt, Clean
Chef for Western Dish
Happy Customer
having
Western Lunch
Sensor, Comms, Network,
TVWS, Imaging, Data
Mining, Security
End2End Vertical Domain
Solution
End User enjoying
the benefits
Customer point
of view
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98 %
2 %
*&%$#@ ??
What to do ?
It must be
good,reliable
,cheap&fast
It must be
good,reliable
,cheap&fast

17. Business Model from
CAPEX to OPEX
gives higher customer
service level
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OPEX Business Model for M2M

18. OPEX model makes the
Customer as the center
of the Business and
increases Quality
Service Level by making
Failures Expensive$ to
the Service Provider
OPEX Business Model for M2M
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19. OPEX end user cost advantage
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
MonthlyFeeS$
Year
OPEX vs CAPEX Model
OPEX
CAPEX
Average Flood Monitoring Station per month
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20. Station
Name
Designated Monitoring Points
Sys
down
days
( > 24
hrs)
No. of
days in
Payment
month
No of
working
days
% of fully perform
in payment month
SR1 SR-R27- Robertson Quay near River gate Condo 0 31 31 100%
SR2 SR-L26-Behind River View Hotel, Havelock Rd 2.69 31 28.31 91%
SR3 SR-R21-The Pier Condo near Teck Guan Street 0 31 31 100%
SC4 Killiney Rd behind Killiney Road Post Office 4.29 31 26.71 86%
SC5 Handy Rd behind MacDonald Hose 0 31 31 100%
SC6 MB-R5- Raffles Ave near Esplanade 0 31 31 100%
GR7 Outlet drain@TanjongRhuPlace-Opposite Indoor Stadium 0 31 31 100%
BTC8
Along Bukit Timah Road, near to inlet of Bukit Timah 1st
Diversion Canal
0
31 31 100%
BTC9 Between No.137 & No.139 Coronation Road West 0 31 31 100%
BTC10 Jalan Todak 0 31 31 100%
BTC11 Intersection between Cuscaden Road & Tomlinson Road 0 31 31 100%
RC12 Tanglin Shopping Center 0 31 31 100%
MB7 Republic Ave 0 31 31 100%
RC14 Rochor Canal Road near Victoria Bridge 0 31 31 100%
BT SD 15 Jalan Toa payoh, opposite Toa Payoh swimming pool 0 31 31 100%
SW16 Serangoon Road at side of HDB Block 102 0 31 31 100%
SP17 Anchervale Street, Near Sengkang Sport Complex 8.57 31 22.43 72%
SP18 Near to junction of Yio Chu Kang Road and Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 0 31 31 100%
SS19 Along Buangkok Drive, opposite Punggol Park 0 31 31 100%
SS20 Hougang Ave 7, Near Heavy Vehicle parking area 1.52 31 29.48 95%
OPEX $ Consequence to Service Provider

21. Construction M2M Model 2012
Data Generation to Digital Formats: Sensors
Horizontal
Technologies
•Mobile
•Internet
•Cloud
Data Collection, Analysis, Management & Alert
Environmental
SupplyChainManagement
FacilityManagement
Security
Food&Beverage
FacilityManagement

22. 1.Landscape in Asia Pacific
2.What is Machine to Machine
(M2M)
3.End Customer Centric M2M
Approach to grow
4.M2M Value Chain Growth
5.Case Studies
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23. M2M Value-Chain Growth
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Sensors/Input
Devices/data
loggers
Wired&
Wireless
Networks
Application
Developers
Telcos
Data
Centers/
SANS
Providers
System
Integrators
Automation
Consultant
s
Business
Intelligence
Standards & Data Security
Awareness & Skills Training
Productivity Improvements
Every chain link have many companies servicing that link in Value-Chain
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+ + + ++

24. Reliability of the M2M Eco-system
depends on suitable partners
Weakest link determines the total
M2M system reliability
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25. 1.Landscape in Asia Pacific
2.What is Machine to Machine
(M2M)
3.End Customer Centric M2M
Approach to grow
4.M2M Value Chain Growth
5.Case Studies
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26. M2M Real Time
Monitoring & Alert
System helping
Productivity
Improvements
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The Big $ is in the
Solution to the Problem

27. Project examples
in Singapore
Of
M2M
Public Safety &
Security
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28. Structural Health Monitoring system to continuously
monitoring of Tunnels
System used:-
•Based upon IDA CFC supported proven SysEng Real
Time Tunnel Monitoring & Alert system used since 2002
•Tilt sensors are used to monitor the track sleepers
•Uses proven Leica Automatic Total Station Technology
•Prisms are measured, data are processed and made
available in the secured website using Machine to
Machine Technologies (M2M)
Track Tilt sensor
Prism
locations
Automatic Tunnel Monitoring System
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29. Real Time Track Record Aug 2012
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Outdoor stations over 710 km2
Project
Number of
Stations
Number of
Parameters Interval
Frequency of
monitoring /
Day
Amount of
Data / Day
Water Gauging Station 30 76 15 min 96 7,296
Water Vertical Profiler 24 2,474 15 min 96 237,504
Water Hydrometric Flow 53 265 10 min 144 38,160
Total Suspended Solid Monitoring 25 75 10 min 144 10,800
s::can Station 5 30 10 min 144 4,320
Water Level 66 189 10 min 144 27,216
Reservoir Level Monitoring 17 51 5 min 288 14,688
Metrological Station 2 8 10 min 144 1,152
Rain Stations 60 120 5 min 288 34560
RTWQMS India ,River Ganges 10 140 15 min 96 1344
Rain Stations 64 64 15 min 96 6144
Camera 66 132 10 min 144 19,008
Low Tension Alarm Panel 8 32 10 min 144 4,608
Fleet Management 408 3,264 1 Week 0.1 466.3
Geotechnical Monitoring 75 3,173 10 min 144 456,912
Structural Monitoring 33 3,899 6 hours 4 15,596
Total 919 13,619 1,732 879,774
Amount of Data Points / Month 26,393,220

30. Island wide
deployment
Live
waterlevel
data
Contactless Flow Sensor
Real Time Water Level / Flow Monitoring System
Cable-less
3G & Solar Power
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31. What if
the M2M Real Time
Monitoring & Alert
System
Fails ?
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33. Failures in Real Time
Monitoring & Alert System
in the LTA Nicoll Highway
Metro Project 2004
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34. New LTA M2M Real Time Monitoring &
Alert system specifications
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35. Thank you
Email: tangh@i2r.a-star.edu.sg