Packet #17759461 Success

POSITION_APP packet from Bunnytastic (🐰) to Tree Trunk (TTRK)

46
Total Receptions
2
Unique Gateways
0
Hop Count
29
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 17759461
Mesh Packet ID: 0xa519d28d
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC
From Node: Bunnytastic (🐰)
To Node: Tree Trunk (TTRK)
Success: Processed
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Port: 3
Gateway: Balconytastic (PIE1)
Channel: ShortFast
RSSI: -25 dBm
SNR: 7.5 dBm
Hop Info: 0/5 hops
Start: 5, Limit: 5
Relay Node: dc 🐰
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: 29 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Latitude:43.437261°
Longitude:-80.451994°
Satellites:6
Precision:13 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:29 bytes
Gateway:!49b3d5b8
Channel:ShortFast
Payload Type:POSITION_APP
Hop Count:Unknown / 5
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Direct Message
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Targeted to specific node
+ 4 more...
Exposure Risks:
⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !49b3d5b8
Node ID format
channel_id ShortFast
packet MeshPacket (29 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 390851036
Source node ID
uint32
to 1771852888
Target node ID
uint32
decoded.portnum 3
POSITION_APP
enum
decoded.payload_length 29 bytes size
hop_limit 5
Remaining hops allowed
uint32
hop_start 5
Initial hop limit
uint32
hops_taken 0
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit
derived
rx_rssi -25.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway
int32
rx_snr 7.50 dB
Signal quality at gateway
float
rx_time 1774597372
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 220
Relay node ID
uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1774597373.881393
Unix timestamp
uint32
MQTT Privacy & Exposure Analysis

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

Exposure Level: Direct Message
Privacy Features:
  • ✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
  • ✓ Targeted to specific node
  • ✓ Custom channel: ShortFast
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
  • ✓ Reduced position precision: ~2900.0m accuracy
  • ✓ Zero-hop: direct from source to MQTT gateway
Exposure Risks:
  • ⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
  • ⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !49b3d5b8
Position Precision: 13 bits (~2900.0m accuracy)
Position precision meters: 2900.0
Zero Hop Policy: Enabled
Direct gateway connection
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -25.0 dBm
SNR: 7.50 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:POSITION_APP
Size:29 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "latitude": 43.4372608, "longitude": -80.4519936, "altitude": null, "sats_in_view": 6, "precision_bits": 13 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!49b3d5b8", "channel_id": "ShortFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 390851036, "to": 1771852888, "id": 2769932941, "rx_time": 1774597372, "rx_snr": 7.5, "rx_rssi": -25, "hop_limit": 5, "hop_start": 5, "via_mqtt": false, "want_ack": false, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": false, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 220, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 3, "payload": "0d0000e4191500000cd025fb34c669280258d202800100980106b8010d", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "latitude_i": 434372608, "longitude_i": -804519936, "time": 1774597371, "location_source": "LOC_INTERNAL", "PDOP": 338, "ground_track": 0, "sats_in_view": 6, "precision_bits": 13, "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "POSITION_APP", "message_class": "Position" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (29 bytes)
0d0000e4191500000cd025fb34c669280258d202800100980106b8010d
Hex Analysis:
Size:29 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
Balconytastic (PIE1) Primary 0.000s
Reference
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC Current
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.286s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.255s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.244s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.227s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.210s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.192s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.181s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.170s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.160s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.148s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.138s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.127s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.116s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.104s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.092s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.080s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.068s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.056s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.045s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.033s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.022s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.011s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.011s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.021s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.032s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.043s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.054s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.064s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.077s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.089s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.101s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.113s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.125s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.137s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.148s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.160s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.171s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.181s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.192s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.203s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.213s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.224s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.235s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.245s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Tagtastic (ld01) +5.230s
After
-66.0 dBm 5.75 dB 1 b8 PIE1 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:59 UTC View
46

Total Receptions

2

Unique Gateways