An apparatus for wireless communication in a network, the apparatus comprising: a. a wireless communication circuit (22a, 22b, 22c) configured for wirelessly communicating with at least one other wireless communication circuit using directional communications; b. a processor coupled to said wireless communication circuit within a station configured for operating on a wireless network; c. a non-transitory memory for storing instructions executable by the processor; and d. wherein said instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform steps comprising: i. broadcasting a report of unassigned slots within a service period, SP, per each direction of said directional communications, when said station is using time division duplexing, TDD, channel access, thus informing other stations about slot allocation in the direction of transmission, or across all directions of transmission; ii. receiving by said station, said report of unassigned slots, within an SP per each direction of said directional communications from other stations, and determining times and directions for which channels are unoccupied by said TDD channel access, to determine whether sensed communication signals pose an interference threat; and iii. performing receiver beamforming with another station to determine if possible interference is either true or false. a. a wireless communication circuit (22a, 22b, 22c) configured for wirelessly communicating with at least one other wireless communication circuit using directional communications; b. a processor coupled to said wireless communication circuit within a station configured for operating on a wireless network; c. a non-transitory memory for storing instructions executable by the processor; and d. wherein said instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform steps comprising: i. broadcasting a report of unassigned slots within a service period, SP, per each direction of said directional communications, when said station is using time division duplexing, TDD, channel access, thus informing other stations about slot allocation in the direction of transmission, or across all directions of transmission; ii. receiving by said station, said report of unassigned slots, within an SP per each direction of said directional communications from other stations, and determining times and directions for which channels are unoccupied by said TDD channel access, to determine whether sensed communication signals pose an interference threat; and iii. performing receiver beamforming with another station to determine if possible interference is either true or false. i. broadcasting a report of unassigned slots within a service period, SP, per each direction of said directional communications, when said station is using time division duplexing, TDD, channel access, thus informing other stations about slot allocation in the direction of transmission, or across all directions of transmission; ii. receiving by said station, said report of unassigned slots, within an SP per each direction of said directional communications from other stations, and determining times and directions for which channels are unoccupied by said TDD channel access, to determine whether sensed communication signals pose an interference threat; and iii. performing receiver beamforming with another station to determine if possible interference is either true or false.