00999nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001200043100001700055700001500072700002400087245004500111520070900156       2022                            d  c08/20221 aErol Gelenbe1 aMert Nakip1 aTadeusz Czachórski00aImproving Massive Access to IoT Gateways3 a<p>IoT networks handle incoming packets from large numbers of IoT Devices (IoTDs) to IoT Gateways. This can lead to the IoT Massive Access Problem that causes buffer overflow, large end-to-end delays and missed deadlines. This paper analyzes a novel traffic shaping method named the Quasi-Deterministic Traffic Policy (QDTP) that mitigates this problem by shaping the incoming traffic without increasing the end-to-end delay or dropping packets. Using queueing theoretic techniques and extensive data driven simulations with real IoT datasets, the value of QDTP is shown as a means to considerably reduce congestion at the Gateway, and significantly improve the IoT network’s overall performance.</p>