A method for controlling the communication with mobile stations in a network, preferably in a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) according to the IEEE 802.11 standard, wherein the network comprises access points through which the mobile stations are associated with the network and wherein the mobile stations can be set to power save mode is—with respect to an especially energy-efficient operation of the mobile station-designed in such a way that paging signaling is performed in order to locate a mobile station.