diff --git a/src/wifi/model/ap-wifi-mac.cc b/src/wifi/model/ap-wifi-mac.cc
index f13da1531..4c9dc062a 100644
--- a/src/wifi/model/ap-wifi-mac.cc
+++ b/src/wifi/model/ap-wifi-mac.cc
@@ -290,6 +290,45 @@ ApWifiMac::GetGcrManager() const
     return m_gcrManager;
 }
 
+bool
+ApWifiMac::UseGcr(const WifiMacHeader& hdr) const
+{
+    if (!hdr.IsQosData())
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!IsGroupcast(hdr.GetAddr1()))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!m_gcrManager)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (m_gcrManager->GetRetransmissionPolicy() ==
+        GroupAddressRetransmissionPolicy::NO_ACK_NO_RETRY)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * 802.11-2020 11.21.16.3.4 (GCR operation):
+     * An AP or mesh STA shall transmit a frame belonging to a group address
+     * via the GCR service if any associated STA or peer mesh STA has a GCR
+     * agreement for the group address and, otherwise, does not transmit the
+     * frame via the GCR service.
+     */
+    if (m_gcrManager->GetMemberStasForGroupAddress(hdr.GetAddr1()).empty())
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 void
 ApWifiMac::DoCompleteConfig()
 {
diff --git a/src/wifi/model/ap-wifi-mac.h b/src/wifi/model/ap-wifi-mac.h
index 88ed6a14a..74d8d341d 100644
--- a/src/wifi/model/ap-wifi-mac.h
+++ b/src/wifi/model/ap-wifi-mac.h
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ class ApWifiMac : public WifiMac
      */
     uint8_t GetMaxBufferStatus(Mac48Address address) const;
 
+    /**
+     * Return whether GCR is used to transmit a packet.
+     *
+     * @param hdr the header of the packet to transmit
+     * @return true if a GCR manager is set and the packet is a groupcast QoS data, false otherwise
+     */
+    bool UseGcr(const WifiMacHeader& hdr) const;
+
     /// ACI-indexed map of access parameters of type unsigned integer (CWmin, CWmax and AIFSN)
     using UintAccessParamsMap = std::map<AcIndex, std::vector<uint64_t>>;