System and method for dynamic adjustment of target wake time service period intervals

A method for communicating over a WiFi channel, the method comprising:

• determining, by a non-access point station, that a first skipping criterion is met, comprising:
• determining, by the non-access point station, that all enhanced distributed channel access buffers of the non-access point station are empty;
• and
• determining, by the non-access point station, that data will not be received by the non-access point station during a first service period;
• and
• in response to determining that the first skipping criterion is met:
• sending, by the non-access point station, a proposal to skip N1 target wait time service periods;
• receiving, by the non-access point station, an acknowledgement of the proposal to skip N1 target wait time service periods;
• and
• skipping, based on the receiving of the acknowledgement, N1 target wait time service periods, N1 being a positive integer less than or equal to a maximum number of skipped target wait time service periods indicated by the non-access point station.