Patent ID: 8290465

Claim:
A method of transmitting a message associated with a sleep mode in a broadband wireless access system, the method comprising: receiving, when a value of a latency between a point of an uplink resource allocation during a listening interval and a point to generate at least one packet at a mobile station in the sleep mode is greater than a predetermined threshold value, a header message related to resource allocation from the mobile station, wherein the header message includes latency related information comprising the value of the latency; transmitting sleep response message (MOB_SLP-RSP) in response to the header message, wherein the MOB_SLP-RSP includes an offset value determined based on the latency related information, and wherein the offset value indicates a changed start point of the listening interval in the sleep mode; and receiving a sleep acknowledgement message (SLP-ACK) from the mobile station which has received the sleep response message.