Power saving support for wireless networks

An apparatus comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• a controller coupled to the transceiver;
• the wireless transceiver configured to transmit a scheduling information to a mobile station in a wireless network during a listening window;
• the controller configured to:
• determine whether an acknowledgement has been received within the listening window from the mobile station that acknowledges receipt of the scheduling information;
• reset a size of a next sleep window for the mobile station to an initial sleep window size if the acknowledgement has been received from the mobile station;
• and
• increase a size of the next sleep window for the mobile station if the acknowledgement has not been received from the mobile station within the listening window.

An apparatus comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• a controller coupled to the transceiver;
• the wireless transceiver configured to transmit a scheduling information to a mobile station in a wireless network during a listening window;
• the controller configured to:
• determine that an acknowledgement has been received within the listening window from the mobile station that acknowledges receipt of the scheduling information;
• and
• reset a size of a next sleep window for the mobile station to an initial sleep window size based on the receipt of the acknowledgement.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a mobile station from a base station in a wireless network during a listening window, a scheduling information that assigns or allocates resources to the mobile station for either uplink or downlink transmission;
• transmitting, within the listening window, an acknowledgement from the mobile station that acknowledges receipt of the scheduling information;
• and
• resetting a size of a next sleep window for the mobile station to an initial sleep window size based on the receipt of the scheduling information for the mobile station.