Dynamic scheduling of data transmission from internet of things (IoT) devices based on density of IoT devices

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a processor of a server located in a cloud will cause said processor to perform operations comprising:

• evaluating whether there is a possibility of having more than a threshold number of connections with an access point of a network at a same time by a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) devices that access the server through the network wherein the server is separate from the access point;
• and
• in response to evaluating that there is a possibility of having more than the threshold number of connections with the access point of the network at the same time by the plurality of IoT devices that access the server, performing the following:
• determining one or more schedules for one or more IoT devices from the plurality of IoT devices such that when the one or more IoT devices operate according to the one or more schedules the connections with the access point by the plurality of IoT devices that occur at the same time do not exceed the threshold number of connections, wherein a schedule of the one or more schedules defines a timing of an IoT device from the plurality of IoT devices accessing the server through a connection with the access point, and
• transmitting a configuration parameter to the one or more IoT devices from the plurality of IoT devices that cause the one or more IoT devices to operate according to the one or more schedules.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that stores instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors cause the system to perform operations including:
• evaluating whether there is a possibility of having more than a threshold number of connections with an access point of a network at a same time by a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) devices that access a server through the network, wherein the server is separate from the access point, and
• in response to evaluating that there is a possibility of having more than the threshold number of connections with the access point of the network at the same time by the plurality of IoT devices that access the server, performing the following:
• determining one or more schedules for one or more IoT devices from the plurality of IoT devices such that when the one or more IoT devices operate according to the one or more schedules the connections with the access point by the plurality of IoT devices that occur at the same time do not exceed the threshold number of connections, wherein a schedule of the one or more schedules defines a timing of an IoT device from the plurality of IoT devices accessing the server through a connection with the access point, and
• transmitting a configuration parameter to the one or more IoT devices from the plurality of IoT devices that cause the one or more IoT devices to operate according to the one or more schedules.