Group addressed transmission techniques for directional wireless networks

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• logic for a wireless communication device, at least a portion of the logic comprised in circuitry coupled to the memory, the logic to:
• identify a remote device based on source identification frame comprised in a packet received according to a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for a control physical layer (PHY);
• determine a receive antenna configuration to be used for directional reception from the remote device;
• and
• implement the receive antenna configuration for receipt of a plurality of packets from the remote device, each one of the plurality of packets to comprise a respective one of a plurality of fragment frames containing fragments of a group-addressed fragmented medium access control service data unit (MSDU).

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed at a wireless communication device, cause the wireless communication device to:

• generate a frame sequence for transmission to an addressee group of a group-addressed fragmented medium access control service data unit (MSDU), the frame sequence to comprise a source identification frame followed by a series of fragment frames comprising fragments of the group-addressed fragmented MSDU;
• encapsulate the frame sequence in packets of a first packet sequence for transmission in a first direction;
• and
• encapsulate the frame sequence in packets of a second packet sequence for transmission in a second direction, the transmission of the second packet sequence in the second direction to be initiated following completion of the transmission of the first packet sequence in the first direction.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed at a wireless communication device, cause the wireless communication device to:

• identify a remote device based on source identification frame comprised in a packet received according to a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for a control physical layer (PHY);
• determine a receive antenna configuration to be used for directional reception from the remote device;
• and
• implement the receive antenna configuration for receipt of a plurality of packets from the remote device, each one of the plurality of packets to comprise a respective one of a plurality of fragment frames containing fragments of a group-addressed fragmented medium access control service data unit (MSDU).