Various exemplary embodiments relate to a wireless communications device and related method and machine-readable storage medium including: at least one antenna; a transmission circuit to transmit data via the at least one antenna and a wireless communications medium according to any of a plurality of modulation schemes; a reception circuit to receive data via the at least one antenna; an application controller to generate a series of messages having a message type and associated with an application; and a message scheduler to provide modulation settings to the transmission circuit for respective messages of the series to be transmitted according to different modulation schemes of the plurality of modulation schemes, wherein modulation schemes are chosen for transmission based on a modulation scheme pattern, whereby a first message is transmitted according to a first modulation scheme and a second message is transmitted according to a second modulation scheme.