• Anonymous Communication
  • sender's location is obfuscated by the mesh network
• Minimize contention for LoRa air time

LoRa use has proliferated under Meshtastic and MeshCore creating LoRa hardware that is readily purchasable by users.

Reticulum is a proposed design for creating "sovereign" communication networks that bridge LoRa traffic over additional channels (e.g. internet).

While novel protocols have increased the usage of LoRa, LoRa needs to evolve via consensus make efficient use of the bandwidth. The IETF has managed the evolution of the internet and should be used to evolve LoRa. see RFCs

C4Component
    Container_Boundary(lora, "LoRa") {
      Component(repeater, "repeater")
      Component(wifi_repeater, "repeater <br> w/ WiFi")
      Component(companion, "companion")
    }
    BiRel(companion, repeater, "send/receive <br> LoRa packets")
    BiRel(companion, wifi_repeater, "send receive <br> LoRa packets")
    BiRel(wifi_repeater, wifi_router, "bridges local <br> LoRa to internet")
    BiRel(wifi_router, enmesh_endpoint, "bridges local <br> LoRa to internet")
    Container_Boundary(internet, "Internet") {
      Component(wifi_router, "wifi router")
      Component(enmesh_endpoint, "enmesh endpoint")
    }
    Container_Boundary(mobile_app, "Mobile App") {
      Component(mobile_app, "Mobile App")
    }
    BiRel(mobile_app, companion, "send/receive <br> LoRa packets")
    BiRel(mobile_app, enmesh_endpoint, "bridges local <br> LoRa to internet")

  UpdateLayoutConfig($c4ShapeInRow="2", $c4BoundaryInRow="2")

Only a few local LoRa nodes need to support a bridge to support anonymous universal messaging via LoRa.

• Yet Another LoRa Protocol? see RFCs
  • Rather than attempt to replace current protocols (Meshtastic and MeshCore), enmesh will support both.
  • if the current protocols don't adapt to Enmesh objectives, Enmesh will provide it's own LoRa protocol

The enmesh design describes how enmesh nodes connect local LoRa traffic (Meshtastic/MeshCore) to the world.

• Firmware - board support for common hardware
  • Hardware - implemenations of enmesh for common hardware
    • Heltec-T114 (v3)

• MeshTastic Library - Rust implementation of MeshCore
  • TODO: MeshCore rapidly evolves, this should become a separate repo
• MeshCore Library - Rust implementation of MeshCore
  • TODO: Meshtastic rapidly evolves, this should become a separate repo