Patent ID: 8818425

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a paging module configured to provide a plurality of paging parameters for a mobile station, wherein the paging parameters include i) a length of each of a plurality of paging listening intervals, and ii) a paging cycle offset; and a sleep module configured to determine each of a plurality of sleep parameters for the mobile station based on the plurality of paging parameters, wherein the plurality of sleep parameters include i) a length of each of a plurality of wakeup intervals, ii) a sleep cycle period, and iii) a sleep cycle offset; and wherein the sleep module is configured to determine the plurality of sleep parameters such that each of the plurality of paging listening intervals is synchronized with and occurs during a respective one of the plurality of wakeup intervals, wherein the sleep module is further configured to determine the plurality of sleep parameters such that the sleep cycle offset is (i) greater than or equal to zero and (ii) equal to a sum of the paging cycle offset, the paging listening interval length, an inverse of the length of each of a plurality of wakeup intervals, and a product of (a) a positive integer, and (b) the sleep cycle period, and wherein the sum is less than the sleep cycle period.