That's a nice idea: the client stays dumb and the relay does the mesh. I'm planning a small home relay on a mini PC, so I'll take a look at MORP. What does the box talk over besides Bluetooth, LoRa or...
After the phone relay, I will be building a home relay that has the same functions plus some for home Linux or pi based housing called MORP Base based on Henk's nostella setup plus the MORP Box mesh infrastructure. The repo is a mess at the moment because I had to double-back mid development to hammer out the protocols themselves, but here it is if you want to keep an eye on it.
https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1te6ect9y5n3z9wn6lz0xluc4u8f8ssl730g28elxre96tvwqwvnqgneqew/relay.ngit.dev/MORP-Base
https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1te6ect9y5n3z9wn6lz0xluc4u8f8ssl730g28elxre96tvwqwvnqgneqew/relay.ngit.dev/MORP-Base
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