Patent ID: 8117299

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and a memory operatively connected to the one or more processors, the memory comprising proxy server code that when executed facilitates delivery of wireless communication traffic for one or more clients, wherein the one or more clients transition between a power save mode and an active mode, said proxy server further comprising: a probing arrangement that probes the one or more clients to determine a power status of the one or more clients with respect to communication with an access point wherein said probing arrangement is adapted to ascertain a client time interval for staying in active mode; and a providing arrangement that shapes the wireless communication traffic to said one or more clients via the access point, wherein shaping wireless communication traffic comprises transmitting the wireless communication traffic as a sequence of packet bursts synchronized to the active mode of the one or more clients; wherein the client time interval for staying in active mode is ascertained via: transmitting one or more probe packets to a client; measuring a response delay of the client subsequent to transmission of at least one of the one or more probe packet; and adjusting a packet send interval and awaiting a new beacon responsive to response delays not being substantially equivalent to a predetermined minimum round trip time.