Embodiments provide an apparatus, a base station transceiver, a mobile station transceiver, methods, and computer programs for configuring a delay for a transmission cycle. The apparatus 10 is operable to configure a delay for a transmission cycle. A transmission cycle corresponds to a process of transmitting a payload data packet from a transmitter 20 and receiving an associated acknowledgement packet from a receiver 30 at the transmitter 20. The apparatus 10 is operable to provide information on the delay between the transmitting of the payload data packet and the receiving of the associated acknowledgement packet to the transmitter 20 and to the receiver 30.