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eBPF-Instrumented Mesh Networking

See Every Byte.
From the Kernel Up.

A containerized, self-organizing IoT mesh stack that wires real-time kernel telemetry directly into your observability layer — no agents, no sidecars, no blind spots.

0
Code changes required
<1μs
eBPF probe latency
100%
Kernel I/O captured
Node scalability

Mesh networking reimagined at the kernel layer

QCA MeshCore is a fully containerized, IoT-inspired mesh networking platform where every node is simultaneously a participant, observer, and telemetry source. Nodes discover one another via UDP broadcast, negotiate topology over persistent TCP mesh connections, and expose byte-level I/O intelligence drawn directly from the Linux kernel via eBPF kprobes — without modifying a single line of application code.

This is not passive monitoring bolted on after the fact. The entire observability layer is woven into the fabric of the network itself, operating at a level of fidelity that application-layer instrumentation can never reach.

qca-node — kernel telemetry stream
# Node boots, attaches eBPF kprobes
qca-node start --ebpf --mesh-auto
  [OK] kprobe: tcp_sendmsg
  [OK] kprobe: tcp_recvmsg
  [OK] kprobe: sock_write_iter
  [] UDP broadcast 255.255.255.255:7744
  [] Peer: qca-node-07 / 10.0.1.7
  [] Peer: qca-node-12 / 10.0.1.12
  [] Mesh: 3 nodes / 6 edges
 
# Live kernel I/O stream
  tx_bytes: 84,221  rx: 61,048
  syscalls/s: 14,302  p99: 0.8μs

A Linux superpower,
harnessed for the mesh

Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) runs sandboxed programs directly inside the Linux kernel — safely, efficiently, without kernel module development or reboots. QCA deploys kprobes at the exact boundaries where network I/O originates, capturing the ground truth of every syscall and byte transferred in real time, at sub-microsecond overhead.

KPROBE
Kernel-Level Byte Capture
kprobes hook into tcp_sendmsg, tcp_recvmsg, and sock_write_iter, capturing payload size, direction, and timing before it ever reaches userspace. No sampling. Every event. Unlimited cardinality.
PERF_MAP
Zero-Copy Ring Buffers
Telemetry flows kernel-to-dashboard via eBPF perf ring buffers — a zero-copy, lock-free data path. Events are aggregated inside the sensor itself, eliminating raw data volume before it touches storage.
ZERO-COST
No Code Changes, Ever
eBPF probes attach to the running kernel without modifying your application, containers, or runtime. Deploy in minutes with a single command. Instrument everything. Change nothing.
SANDBOX
Verified, Safe Execution
Every eBPF program passes the kernel's built-in verifier before execution. Memory safety is guaranteed at the bytecode level. QCA probes cannot crash the kernel, leak memory, or introduce undefined behavior.
TCP/UDP
Autonomous Mesh Formation
Each node broadcasts its presence via UDP and forms full-duplex TCP connections to every discovered peer. Self-healing: nodes rejoin automatically, topology updates propagate in milliseconds, and the dashboard reflects every change live.
REACT UI
Live Topology Dashboard
A React dashboard renders the live mesh graph, per-edge byte counters, and the full connection table sourced directly from kernel telemetry. Drill into any node. Inspect any stream. No aggregation lag.

Three layers. One coherent system.

// QCA MeshCore — layer model
01 — Kernel Layer
  • eBPF kprobes on tcp_sendmsg / recvmsg
  • sock_write_iter byte-level capture
  • Perf ring buffer export
  • Kernel-side event aggregation
  • Sub-microsecond probe latency
02 — Mesh Layer
  • UDP broadcast peer discovery
  • TCP full-mesh connection fabric
  • Self-healing topology management
  • Per-edge byte accounting
  • Containerized per-node runtime
03 — Observability Layer
  • React live topology graph
  • Real-time connection table
  • Byte-stream visualization
  • Kernel telemetry WebSocket feed
  • Zero instrumentation deployment

Why QCA MeshCore
changes the game

"Most observability tools watch your network from the outside.
QCA MeshCore lives inside the kernel — and reports everything."

The traditional approach to network observability forces a tradeoff: instrument your application code and accept the blind spots, or deploy heavyweight agents that tax your runtime and still miss kernel-level events. QCA MeshCore eliminates this tradeoff entirely.

By grounding the telemetry stack in eBPF kprobes, QCA captures I/O data at the only place where it cannot be fabricated, proxied, or missed — the kernel itself. Every byte across a TCP socket is accounted for. Every peer connection is tracked from the moment the kernel acknowledges it, not from when your application decides to report it.

On top of this kernel-truth layer, the autonomous mesh engine turns independent nodes into a self-aware distributed system. Nodes find each other. Wire themselves together. Share telemetry context — without a central coordinator, manual configuration, or a single DNS lookup.

The result is a platform that feels alive. The React dashboard streams kernel events over a live WebSocket feed. You're not looking at a snapshot of your network. You're looking at your network, rendered in real time, sourced directly from the machines it runs on.

For IoT deployments, edge clusters, containerized microservices, or any distributed system where conventional monitoring falls short — QCA MeshCore delivers complete, unsampled, kernel-verified observability deployable in minutes, zero code changes, at any scale.

For Platform Teams
Full-stack visibility from a single DaemonSet. No SDK integrations. No library upgrades. Ship observability to every service in your cluster the moment it deploys.
For SRE & Ops
Debug network incidents at the kernel level. See exactly how many bytes, to which peer, at which timestamp — directly from the source, not the application.
For IoT & Edge
Self-forming mesh topology means zero-touch node provisioning. Deploy a container image, and the node finds its peers, joins the mesh, and reports telemetry — automatically.

Mesh telemetry live

Ready to see your network
from the kernel up?

Deploy in minutes. Zero configuration. Zero code changes. Complete kernel-level visibility.