Packet #17716494 Success

POSITION_APP packet from Storm #04 North Vancouver 🇨🇦 (S#04) to !ffffffff

45
Total Receptions
1
Unique Gateways
0
Hop Count
33
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 17716494
Mesh Packet ID: 0x208230ea
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC
From Node: Storm #04 North Vancouver 🇨🇦 (S#04)
To Node: !ffffffff (ffff)
Success: Processed
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Port: 3
Gateway: Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: -98 dBm
SNR: -2.0 dBm
Hop Info: 0/7 hops
Start: 7, Limit: 7
Relay Node: ec S#04
Last byte of the last hop that relayed this packet - Candidate source node(s) based on 0-hop direct receptions
Payload Data
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Size: 33 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Latitude:49.328947°
Longitude:-123.043840°
Altitude:113 m
Precision:15 bits
Raw Packet Analysis
Complete field breakdown and MQTT privacy/exposure analysis
Packet Structure
MQTT Packet Flow:
ServiceEnvelope (MQTT layer) → MeshPacket (Mesh layer) → Decoded Payload (Application data)
Total Size:33 bytes
Gateway:!33687ee4
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:POSITION_APP
Hop Count:Unknown / 7
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Broadcast
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Gateway node ID tracked
+ 2 more...
Exposure Risks:
âš  Visible to all nodes on channel
âš  Default channel - no encryption
+ 2 more...
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !33687ee4
Node ID format
channel_id LongFast
Default public channel
packet MeshPacket (33 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 3677053164
Source node ID
uint32
to 4294967295 (Broadcast)
Visible to all nodes
uint32
decoded.portnum 3
POSITION_APP
enum
decoded.payload_length 33 bytes size
hop_limit 7
Remaining hops allowed
uint32
hop_start 7
Initial hop limit
uint32
hops_taken 0
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit
derived
rx_rssi -98.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway
int32
rx_snr -2.00 dB
Signal quality at gateway
float
rx_time 1774589205
Receive timestamp
fixed32
via_mqtt False
Direct LoRa transmission
bool
want_ack False
No ACK requested
bool
priority Not set enum
delayed Not set enum
channel Not set uint32
pki_encrypted False
Standard encryption
bool
next_hop Not set uint32
relay_node 236
Relay node ID
uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1774589207.3768687
Unix timestamp
uint32
MQTT Privacy & Exposure Analysis

Analysis of privacy features and exposure risks when packet is shared via MQTT

Exposure Level: Broadcast
Privacy Features:
  • ✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
  • ✓ Reduced position precision: ~729.0m accuracy
  • ✓ Zero-hop: direct from source to MQTT gateway
Exposure Risks:
  • âš  Visible to all nodes on channel
  • âš  Default channel - no encryption
  • âš  Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
  • âš  RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !33687ee4
Position Precision: 15 bits (~729.0m accuracy)
Position precision meters: 729.0
Zero Hop Policy: Enabled
Direct gateway connection
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -98.0 dBm
SNR: -2.00 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:POSITION_APP
Size:33 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "latitude": 49.3289472, "longitude": -123.04384, "altitude": 113, "sats_in_view": null, "precision_bits": 15 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!33687ee4", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 3677053164, "to": 4294967295, "id": 545403114, "rx_time": 1774589205, "rx_snr": -2.0, "rx_rssi": -98, "hop_limit": 7, "hop_start": 7, "via_mqtt": false, "want_ack": false, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": false, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 236, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 3, "payload": "0d0000671d150000a9b61871251515c669280150007800800100b001b704b8010f", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "latitude_i": 493289472, "longitude_i": -1230438400, "altitude": 113, "time": 1774589205, "location_source": "LOC_MANUAL", "altitude_geoidal_separation": 0, "ground_speed": 0, "ground_track": 0, "seq_number": 567, "precision_bits": 15, "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "POSITION_APP", "message_class": "Position" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (33 bytes)
0d0000671d150000a9b61871251515c669280150007800800100b001b704b8010f
Hex Analysis:
Size:33 bytes
Format:Protobuf (Protocol Buffers)
Encoding:Binary with varint and length-delimited fields
This is the raw protobuf-encoded payload as received from MQTT. The structure follows the Meshtastic protobuf schema definitions.
All Receptions
All gateways that received this packet
Correlation: Using Mesh Packet ID
Reception Locations
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Gateway Time Offset RSSI SNR Hops Relay Channel Timestamp Actions
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) Primary 0.000s
Reference
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC Current
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) -0.032s
Before
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) -0.011s
Before
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.016s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.033s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.051s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.064s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.076s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.089s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.111s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.123s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.135s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.148s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.159s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.170s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.181s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.192s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.203s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.213s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.224s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.236s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.248s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.260s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.272s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.284s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.296s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.308s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.320s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.337s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.348s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.360s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.371s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.382s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.393s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.404s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.415s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.428s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.440s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.452s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.465s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.476s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.488s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.500s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.512s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
Storm #02 🇨🇦 (S#02) +0.524s
After
-98.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 ec S#04 LongFast 2026-03-27 05:26:47 UTC View
45

Total Receptions

1

Unique Gateways