A method in a user equipment (110) comprises receiving (604) a grant (305, 405, 505), the grant scheduling one or more dynamically-delayed transmissions (310A-C, 410A-C, 510A-C) for the user equipment. The method comprises in response to receiving the grant, starting (608) a timer associated with dynamically-delayed scheduling, wherein at least one of a start time of the timer and a duration of the timer is configured such that the user equipment is active when an acknowledgement of the one or more dynamically-delayed transmissions is expected to be received by the user equipment.