Unable to use string function in REST query

I am querying for duplication of column name in the web using REST query. My query is as per below:
http://siteCollection/sites/Project1/_api/Web/Fields?$select=InternalName&$filter=toupper(InternalName) eq 'TITLE'.
The reference I got from MSDN site. But whenever I am running the same query in the REST Client I am getting following error:
The function operator 'toupper' is not supported or its usage is invalid.
What am I missing in my query? Or this is not a way for doing the case insensitive query then which way is preferable?

toupper is
not supported. Below is the list of
supported functions
On the other hand if you use ListData.svc endpoint
you can use toupper to
perform a similar query.

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