An apparatus for wireless communication in a network, the apparatus comprising: a wireless communication circuit (22, 24, 26, 28) configured for wirelessly communicating with at least one other wireless communication circuit using directional communications; a processor coupled to said wireless communication circuit within a station configured for operating on a wireless network; a non-transitory memory storing instructions executable by the processor; and wherein said instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: broadcast time and directional allocations which identify time and resource allocations in each direction of the directional communications; wherein said time and directional allocations are sent within a network discovery signal that is broadcast as: scheduling allocations in a Contention-Based Access Period, CBAP, or regular Service Period, SP, channel access and transmit beam direction of each allocation, or communicating slot structure and slot schedule information for Time Division Duplex, TDD, SP channel access and transmit beam direction of each allocation, or communicating a directional information element containing directions in which active allocation of transmit or receive activity is scheduled; and wherein said instructions when executed by the processor further cause the processor to compare a transmit beam ID of a received beacon or beamforming frame containing allocation and directional information with a transmit beam ID of an allocation in the allocation and directional information to determine if said allocation is in the direction of reception or not. a wireless communication circuit (22, 24, 26, 28) configured for wirelessly communicating with at least one other wireless communication circuit using directional communications; a processor coupled to said wireless communication circuit within a station configured for operating on a wireless network; a non-transitory memory storing instructions executable by the processor; and wherein said instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: broadcast time and directional allocations which identify time and resource allocations in each direction of the directional communications; wherein said time and directional allocations are sent within a network discovery signal that is broadcast as: scheduling allocations in a Contention-Based Access Period, CBAP, or regular Service Period, SP, channel access and transmit beam direction of each allocation, or communicating slot structure and slot schedule information for Time Division Duplex, TDD, SP channel access and transmit beam direction of each allocation, or communicating a directional information element containing directions in which active allocation of transmit or receive activity is scheduled; and wherein said instructions when executed by the processor further cause the processor to compare a transmit beam ID of a received beacon or beamforming frame containing allocation and directional information with a transmit beam ID of an allocation in the allocation and directional information to determine if said allocation is in the direction of reception or not. broadcast time and directional allocations which identify time and resource allocations in each direction of the directional communications; wherein said time and directional allocations are sent within a network discovery signal that is broadcast as: scheduling allocations in a Contention-Based Access Period, CBAP, or regular Service Period, SP, channel access and transmit beam direction of each allocation, or communicating slot structure and slot schedule information for Time Division Duplex, TDD, SP channel access and transmit beam direction of each allocation, or communicating a directional information element containing directions in which active allocation of transmit or receive activity is scheduled; and wherein said instructions when executed by the processor further cause the processor to compare a transmit beam ID of a received beacon or beamforming frame containing allocation and directional information with a transmit beam ID of an allocation in the allocation and directional information to determine if said allocation is in the direction of reception or not.