Packet #17759468 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: 17759468
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 1774597373.9583035
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) -0.363s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.332s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.321s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.304s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.287s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.269s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.258s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.247s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.237s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.225s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.215s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.204s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.193s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.181s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.169s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.157s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.145s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.133s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.122s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.110s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.098s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.088s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.077s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.066s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.055s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.045s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.034s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.023s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.012s
Before
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.012s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.024s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.036s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:42:53 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.048s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.060s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.071s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.083s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.094s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.104s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.115s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.126s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.136s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.147s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.158s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.168s
After
-25.0 dBm 7.50 dB 0 dc 🐰 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:42:54 UTC View
Tagtastic (ld01) +5.153s
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