Patent ID: 7965680
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for dynamically selecting a wireless communication mode for wirelessly communicating information to at least two wireless communication devices, the method comprising: comparing data packets in a plurality of data streams, each stream designated for transmission to a different one of a plurality of destination devices; identifying at least two of the packets having identical information in at least a portion of the packets; determining a bandwidth gain value for wirelessly sending the at least a portion of the packets having the identified identical information to the at least two wireless communication devices in a multicast mode; determining a cost value for the wirelessly sending the at least a portion of the packets having the identified identical information to the at least two wireless communication devices in the multicast mode; wirelessly sending the at least a portion of the packets having the identified identical information to the at least two wireless communication devices in the multicast mode if the bandwidth gain value exceeds the cost value by a predetermined amount; and wirelessly sending a remainder of the data streams to the at least two wireless communication devices in a unicast mode.