Default [Q] Slow push notifications when 4G radio is sleeping?

This could just be an abnormality happening tonight and not the norm (I just got this phone recently), but I'm noticing my notifications are a bit delayed when my 4G radio goes to sleep (the icon has "zzz") vs when I'm actually using data. I tested this informally for a few minutes sending myself Google Voice texts, and it seems to take a couple minutes to receive a notification if the radio is asleep. Needless to say, that's a pain.

Is this normal?