Broadcast Energy and Spectrum Consumption Optimization

A system comprising:

• a memory storage;
• and
• a processing unit disposed in a computing device coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:
• determine, for each of a plurality of client devices, a corresponding plurality of respective minimum Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCSs) needed to reach each of the respective plurality of client devices from the computing device at a predetermined power level;
• use an optimal MCS from the plurality of respective minimum MCSs to reach a first group of the plurality of client devices via broadcast;
• determine a second group of the plurality of client devices not in the first group of the plurality of client devices and not comprising the at least one of the plurality of client devices that does not need to be reached;
• and
• use unicast to reach the second group of the plurality of client devices wherein the optimal MCS is selected to minimize a total amount of airtime used for the broadcast and the unicast to each client device of the second group of the plurality of client devices.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

• determining, by a computing device for each of a plurality of client devices, a corresponding plurality of respective minimum Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCSs) needed to reach each of the respective plurality of client devices from the computing device at a predetermined power level;
• using an optimal MCS from the plurality of respective minimum MCSs to reach a first group of the plurality of client devices via broadcast;
• and
• determining a second group of the plurality of client devices not in the first group of the plurality of client devices and not comprising the at least one of the plurality of client devices that does not need to be reached;
• using unicast to reach the second group of the plurality of client devices wherein the optimal MCS is selected to minimize a total amount of airtime used for the broadcast and the unicast to each client device of the second group of the plurality of client devices.