Lovefield Mesh

Lovefield M.E.S.H.

Lovefield M.E.S.H. examines how standard smartphones can support communication in disrupted, distant, and disconnected environments. It focuses on practical system design for mesh networking and Delay Tolerant Networking on ordinary mobile devices.

Reliable communication is critical for humanitarian coordination. Yet many regions in which aid workers operate face repeated internet disruptions or no connectivity at all, leaving smartphones widely available but often unable to communicate when infrastructure fails.

This site presents the technical ideas behind that approach: how mesh networking and Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) can be used on standard phones when cellular and non-terrestrial satellite networks are unreachable, and what design trade-offs follow for simplicity, reliability, and usability.

Topics

1. Delay Tolerant Networking Read an explanation of Delay Tolerant vs. Mesh Networking, and why both matter in humanitarian communication. 2. DTN Security Read an overview of security in DTN deployments, with a focus on practical solutions for real-world scenarios. 3. Related Work Read about three related student projects on smartphone mesh routing, DTN delivery, and practical evaluation. 4. State-of-the-Art Read a short overview of qaul, Briar, and Berty as current smartphone-based decentralized communication systems. 5. Meshtastic and LoRa Read how Meshtastic uses LoRa radios, why this requires extra hardware, and how LoRa compares with Wi-Fi HaLow. 6. Wi-Fi Aware Read why Wi-Fi Aware is distinctive on smartphones and why it matters for local mesh formation.

Prototype

The current prototype explores messaging, local topology visualization, and a simple onboarding flow for disrupted and disconnected environments. Lovefield M.E.S.H. is an experimental wireless communication approach for times when cellular networks and non-terrestrial (satellite) networks are unreachable.

Prototype welcome screen in French — Welcome screen
for the smartphone app prototype.

Prototype messaging screen with local and broadcast messages — Messaging interface
with direct and broadcast traffic.

Prototype topology screen with a second node arrangement — Topology view
with visible peer links.

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