diff --git a/src/concurrency/PacketQueue.h b/src/concurrency/PacketQueue.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..312dac5e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/concurrency/PacketQueue.h
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <queue>
+
+#ifdef BLOCKING_PACKET_QUEUE
+#include <condition_variable>
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Generic platform independent and re-entrant queue wrapper that can be used to
+ * safely pass (generic) movable objects between threads.
+ */
+template <typename T> class PacketQueue
+{
+  public:
+    PacketQueue() {}
+
+    PacketQueue(PacketQueue const &other) = delete;
+
+    /**
+     * Push movable object into queue
+     */
+    void push(T &&packet)
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
+        queue.push(packet.move());
+#ifdef BLOCKING_PACKET_QUEUE
+        cond.notify_one();
+#endif
+    }
+
+#ifdef BLOCKING_PACKET_QUEUE
+    /**
+     * Pop movable object from queue (blocking)
+     */
+    std::unique_ptr<T> pop(void)
+    {
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
+        cond.wait(lock, [this] { return !queue.empty(); });
+        T packet = queue.front()->move();
+        queue.pop();
+        return packet;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    /**
+     * Pop movable object from queue (non-blocking)
+     */
+    std::unique_ptr<T> try_pop()
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
+        if (queue.empty())
+            return {nullptr}; // std::move(T());
+        auto packet = queue.front()->move();
+        queue.pop();
+        return packet;
+    }
+
+    uint32_t size() const
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
+        return queue.size();
+    }
+
+  private:
+    mutable std::mutex mutex;
+    std::queue<std::unique_ptr<T>> queue;
+#ifdef BLOCKING_PACKET_QUEUE
+    std::condition_variable cond;
+#endif
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index fbfb983d2..92c651489 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ NRF52Bluetooth *nrf52Bluetooth;
 AudioThread *audioThread;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef USE_PACKET_API
+#include "sharedMem/MeshPacketServer.h"
+#include "sharedMem/PacketClient.h"
+#endif
+
 using namespace concurrency;
 
 // We always create a screen object, but we only init it if we find the hardware
@@ -860,6 +865,11 @@ void setup()
     initApiServer(TCPPort);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef USE_PACKET_API
+    MeshPacketServer::init();
+    PacketClient::init();
+#endif
+
     // Start airtime logger thread.
     airTime = new AirTime();
 
diff --git a/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h b/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h
index 450649d7b..9a6ec4b85 100644
--- a/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h
+++ b/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ class PhoneAPI
      */
     virtual void handleDisconnect();
 
+    /// begin a new connection
+    void handleStartConfig();
+
   private:
     void releasePhonePacket();
 
@@ -131,9 +134,6 @@ class PhoneAPI
 
     void releaseMqttClientProxyPhonePacket();
 
-    /// begin a new connection
-    void handleStartConfig();
-
     /**
      * Handle a packet that the phone wants us to send.  We can write to it but can not keep a reference to it
      * @return true true if a packet was queued for sending
diff --git a/src/mesh/api/PacketAPI.cpp b/src/mesh/api/PacketAPI.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5507c98a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mesh/api/PacketAPI.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#include "api/PacketAPI.h"
+#include "MeshService.h"
+#include "RadioInterface.h"
+#include "sharedMem/MeshPacketServer.h"
+
+PacketAPI *packetAPI = nullptr;
+
+void PacketAPI::init(void) {}
+
+PacketAPI::PacketAPI(PacketServer *_server) : concurrency::OSThread("PacketAPI"), isConnected(false), server(_server) {}
+
+int32_t PacketAPI::runOnce()
+{
+    bool success = sendPacket();
+    success |= receivePacket();
+    return success ? 10 : 50;
+}
+
+bool PacketAPI::receivePacket(void)
+{
+    if (server->hasData()) {
+        isConnected = true;
+
+        // TODO: think about redesign or drop class MeshPacketServer
+        meshtastic_ToRadio *mr;
+        // if (typeid(*server) == typeid(MeshPacketServer)) {
+        //     dynamic_cast<MeshPacketServer*>(server)->receivePacket(*mr);
+        // }
+        // else {
+        auto p = server->receivePacket()->move();
+        int id = p->getPacketId();
+        LOG_DEBUG("Received packet id=%u\n", id);
+        // mr = (meshtastic_ToRadio*)&dynamic_cast<DataPacket<meshtastic_ToRadio>*>(p.get())->getData();
+        mr = (meshtastic_ToRadio *)&static_cast<DataPacket<meshtastic_ToRadio> *>(p.get())->getData();
+        //}
+
+        switch (mr->which_payload_variant) {
+        case meshtastic_ToRadio_packet_tag: {
+            meshtastic_MeshPacket *mp = &mr->packet;
+            printPacket("PACKET FROM QUEUE", mp);
+            service.handleToRadio(*mp);
+            break;
+        }
+        case meshtastic_ToRadio_want_config_id_tag: {
+            uint32_t config_nonce = mr->want_config_id;
+            LOG_INFO("Screen wants config, nonce=%u\n", config_nonce);
+            handleStartConfig();
+            break;
+        }
+        default:
+            LOG_ERROR("Error: unhandled meshtastic_ToRadio variant: %d\n", mr->which_payload_variant);
+            break;
+        }
+        return true;
+    } else
+        return false;
+}
+
+bool PacketAPI::sendPacket(void)
+{
+    // fill dummy buffer; we don't use it, we directly send the fromRadio structure
+    uint32_t len = getFromRadio(txBuf);
+    if (len != 0) {
+        // TODO: think about redesign or drop class MeshPacketServer
+        // if (typeid(*server) == typeid(MeshPacketServer))
+        //    return dynamic_cast<MeshPacketServer*>(server)->sendPacket(fromRadioScratch);
+        // else
+        return server->sendPacket(DataPacket<meshtastic_FromRadio>(fromRadioScratch.id, fromRadioScratch));
+    } else
+        return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * return true if we got (once!) contact from our client and the server send queue is not full
+ */
+bool PacketAPI::checkIsConnected()
+{
+    isConnected |= server->hasData();
+    return isConnected && server->available();
+}
diff --git a/src/mesh/api/PacketAPI.h b/src/mesh/api/PacketAPI.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..015bec224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mesh/api/PacketAPI.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "PhoneAPI.h"
+#include "concurrency/OSThread.h"
+#include "sharedMem/PacketServer.h"
+
+/**
+ * A version of the phone API used for inter task communication based on protobuf packets, e.g.
+ * between two tasks running on CPU0 and CPU1, respectively.
+ *
+ */
+class PacketAPI : public PhoneAPI, public concurrency::OSThread
+{
+  public:
+    PacketAPI(PacketServer *_server);
+    static void init(void);
+    virtual ~PacketAPI(){};
+    virtual int32_t runOnce();
+
+  protected:
+    // Check the current underlying physical queue to see if the client is fetching packets
+    bool checkIsConnected() override;
+
+    void onNowHasData(uint32_t fromRadioNum) override {}
+    void onConnectionChanged(bool connected) override {}
+
+  private:
+    bool receivePacket(void);
+    bool sendPacket(void);
+
+    bool isConnected;
+    PacketServer *server;
+    uint8_t txBuf[MAX_TO_FROM_RADIO_SIZE] = {0}; // dummy buf to obey PhoneAPI
+};
+
+extern PacketAPI *packetAPI;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/mesh/sharedMem/MeshPacketServer.cpp b/src/mesh/sharedMem/MeshPacketServer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8df56ab4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mesh/sharedMem/MeshPacketServer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#include "sharedMem/MeshPacketServer.h"
+#include "api/PacketAPI.h"
+#include "sharedMem/SharedQueue.h"
+
+SharedQueue *sharedQueue = nullptr;
+
+MeshPacketServer *meshPacketServer = nullptr;
+
+void MeshPacketServer::init(void)
+{
+    meshPacketServer = new MeshPacketServer;
+    packetAPI = new PacketAPI(meshPacketServer);
+    meshPacketServer->begin();
+}
+
+MeshPacketServer::MeshPacketServer() {}
+
+void MeshPacketServer::begin(void)
+{
+    sharedQueue = new SharedQueue;
+    PacketServer::begin(sharedQueue);
+}
+
+bool MeshPacketServer::receivePacket(meshtastic_ToRadio &to)
+{
+    //    auto p = PacketServer::receivePacket<Packet::PacketPtr>()->move();
+    auto p = PacketServer::receivePacket()->move();
+    if (p) {
+        // TODO: avoid data copy :(
+        // to = dynamic_cast<DataPacket<meshtastic_ToRadio>*>(p.get())->getData();
+        to = static_cast<DataPacket<meshtastic_ToRadio> *>(p.get())->getData();
+    }
+    return p != nullptr;
+}
+
+bool MeshPacketServer::sendPacket(meshtastic_FromRadio &from)
+{
+    return PacketServer::sendPacket(DataPacket<meshtastic_FromRadio>(from.id, from));
+}
+
+bool MeshPacketServer::sendPacket(meshtastic_FromRadio &&from)
+{
+    return PacketServer::sendPacket(DataPacket<meshtastic_FromRadio>(from.id, from));
+}
diff --git a/src/mesh/sharedMem/MeshPacketServer.h b/src/mesh/sharedMem/MeshPacketServer.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..858f968df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mesh/sharedMem/MeshPacketServer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include "mesh-pb-constants.h"
+#include "sharedMem/PacketServer.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief This is a wrapper class for the PaketServer to avoid dealing with DataPackets
+ *        in the application code.
+ *
+ */
+class MeshPacketServer : public PacketServer
+{
+  public:
+    MeshPacketServer();
+    static void init(void);
+    virtual void begin(void);
+    virtual bool receivePacket(meshtastic_ToRadio &to);
+    virtual bool sendPacket(meshtastic_FromRadio &from);
+    virtual bool sendPacket(meshtastic_FromRadio &&from);
+};
+
+extern MeshPacketServer *meshPacketServer;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/mesh/sharedMem/Packet.h b/src/mesh/sharedMem/Packet.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ddff3f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mesh/sharedMem/Packet.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+
+/**
+ * Polymorphic packets that can be moved into and out of packet queues.
+ */
+class Packet
+{
+  public:
+    using PacketPtr = std::unique_ptr<Packet>;
+
+    Packet(int packetId) : id(packetId) {}
+
+    // virtual move constructor
+    virtual PacketPtr move() { return PacketPtr(new Packet(std::move(*this))); }
+
+    // Disable copying
+    Packet(const Packet &) = delete;
+    Packet &operator=(const Packet &) = delete;
+
+    virtual ~Packet() {}
+
+    int getPacketId() const { return id; }
+
+  protected:
+    // Enable moving
+    Packet(Packet &&) = default;
+    Packet &operator=(Packet &&) = default;
+
+  private:
+    int id;
+};
+
+/**
+ * generic packet type class
+ */
+template <typename PacketType> class DataPacket : public Packet
+{
+  public:
+    template <typename... Args> DataPacket(int id, Args &&...args) : Packet(id), data(new PacketType(std::forward<Args>(args)...))
+    {
+    }
+
+    PacketPtr move() override { return PacketPtr(new DataPacket(std::move(*this))); }
+
+    // Disable copying
+    DataPacket(const DataPacket &) = delete;
+    DataPacket &operator=(const DataPacket &) = delete;
+
+    virtual ~DataPacket() {}
+
+    const PacketType &getData() const { return *data; }
+
+  protected:
+    // Enable moving
+    DataPacket(DataPacket &&) = default;
+    DataPacket &operator=(DataPacket &&) = default;
+
+  private:
+    std::unique_ptr<PacketType> data;
+};
diff --git a/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketClient.cpp b/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketClient.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82eb4f67e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketClient.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include "sharedMem/PacketClient.h"
+#include "DebugConfiguration.h"
+#include "sharedMem/SharedQueue.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+
+const uint32_t max_packet_queue_size = 10;
+
+PacketClient *packetClient = nullptr;
+
+void PacketClient::init(void)
+{
+    // for now we hard-code (only) one client task, but in principle one could
+    // create as many PacketServer/PacketClient pairs as desired.
+    packetClient = new PacketClient();
+    packetClient->connect(sharedQueue);
+}
+
+PacketClient::PacketClient() : queue(nullptr) {}
+
+int PacketClient::connect(SharedQueue *_queue)
+{
+    if (!queue) {
+        queue = _queue;
+    } else if (_queue != queue) {
+        LOG_WARN("Client already connected.");
+    }
+    return queue->serverQueueSize();
+}
+
+Packet::PacketPtr PacketClient::receivePacket()
+{
+    assert(queue);
+    if (queue->serverQueueSize() == 0)
+        return {nullptr};
+    return queue->clientReceive();
+}
+
+bool PacketClient::sendPacket(Packet &&p)
+{
+    assert(queue);
+    if (queue->clientQueueSize() >= max_packet_queue_size)
+        return false;
+    queue->clientSend(std::move(p));
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool PacketClient::hasData() const
+{
+    assert(queue);
+    return queue->serverQueueSize() > 0;
+}
+
+bool PacketClient::available() const
+{
+    assert(queue);
+    return queue->clientQueueSize() < max_packet_queue_size;
+}
diff --git a/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketClient.h b/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketClient.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4da3c34ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketClient.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Packet.h"
+
+class SharedQueue;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Generic client implementation to receive from and
+ *        send packets to the shared queue
+ *
+ */
+class PacketClient
+{
+  public:
+    PacketClient();
+    static void init(void);
+    virtual int connect(SharedQueue *_queue);
+    virtual bool sendPacket(Packet &&p);
+    virtual Packet::PacketPtr receivePacket();
+    virtual bool hasData() const;
+    virtual bool available() const;
+
+  private:
+    SharedQueue *queue;
+};
+
+extern PacketClient *packetClient;
diff --git a/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketServer.cpp b/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketServer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c9d692ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketServer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#include "sharedMem/PacketServer.h"
+#include "sharedMem/SharedQueue.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+
+const uint32_t max_packet_queue_size = 50;
+
+PacketServer::PacketServer() : queue(nullptr) {}
+
+void PacketServer::begin(SharedQueue *_queue)
+{
+    queue = _queue;
+}
+
+#if 1
+Packet::PacketPtr PacketServer::receivePacket(void)
+{
+    assert(queue);
+    if (queue->clientQueueSize() == 0)
+        return {nullptr};
+    return queue->serverReceive();
+}
+#else // template variant with typed return values
+template <> Packet::PacketPtr PacketServer::receivePacket<Packet::PacketPtr>()
+{
+    assert(queue);
+    if (queue->clientQueueSize() == 0)
+        return {nullptr};
+    return queue->serverReceive();
+}
+#endif
+
+bool PacketServer::sendPacket(Packet &&p)
+{
+    assert(queue);
+    if (queue->serverQueueSize() >= max_packet_queue_size)
+        return false;
+    queue->serverSend(std::move(p));
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool PacketServer::hasData() const
+{
+    assert(queue);
+    return queue->clientQueueSize() > 0;
+}
+
+bool PacketServer::available() const
+{
+    assert(queue);
+    return queue->serverQueueSize() < max_packet_queue_size;
+}
diff --git a/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketServer.h b/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketServer.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34152ff14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mesh/sharedMem/PacketServer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "concurrency/PacketQueue.h"
+#include "sharedMem/Packet.h"
+
+class SharedQueue;
+
+/**
+ * Generic server implementation (base class) for bidirectional task communication
+ * Uses a queue that is shared with the
+ */
+class PacketServer
+{
+  public:
+    PacketServer();
+    virtual void begin(SharedQueue *_queue);
+    virtual bool sendPacket(Packet &&p);
+    virtual Packet::PacketPtr receivePacket();
+    // template<typename T> T receivePacket();
+    virtual bool hasData() const;
+    virtual bool available() const;
+
+  private:
+    SharedQueue *queue;
+};
diff --git a/src/mesh/sharedMem/SharedQueue.cpp b/src/mesh/sharedMem/SharedQueue.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1971c4b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mesh/sharedMem/SharedQueue.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include "sharedMem/SharedQueue.h"
+
+SharedQueue::SharedQueue() {}
+
+SharedQueue::~SharedQueue() {}
+
+bool SharedQueue::serverSend(Packet &&p)
+{
+    serverQueue.push(std::move(p));
+    return true;
+}
+
+Packet::PacketPtr SharedQueue::serverReceive()
+{
+    return clientQueue.try_pop();
+}
+
+size_t SharedQueue::serverQueueSize() const
+{
+    return serverQueue.size();
+}
+
+bool SharedQueue::clientSend(Packet &&p)
+{
+    clientQueue.push(std::move(p));
+    return true;
+}
+
+Packet::PacketPtr SharedQueue::clientReceive()
+{
+    return serverQueue.try_pop();
+}
+
+size_t SharedQueue::clientQueueSize() const
+{
+    return clientQueue.size();
+}
diff --git a/src/mesh/sharedMem/SharedQueue.h b/src/mesh/sharedMem/SharedQueue.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b5ea4ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mesh/sharedMem/SharedQueue.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "concurrency/PacketQueue.h"
+#include "sharedMem/Packet.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief Queue wrapper that aggregates two thread queues (namely client and server)
+ *        for bidirectional packet transfer between two threads or processes.
+ *
+ * This queue may also be created in shared memory (e.g. in Linux for inter-process communication)
+ */
+class SharedQueue
+{
+  public:
+    SharedQueue();
+    virtual ~SharedQueue();
+
+    // server methods
+    virtual bool serverSend(Packet &&p);
+    virtual Packet::PacketPtr serverReceive();
+    virtual size_t serverQueueSize() const;
+
+    // client methods
+    virtual bool clientSend(Packet &&p);
+    virtual Packet::PacketPtr clientReceive();
+    virtual size_t clientQueueSize() const;
+
+  private:
+    // the server pushes into serverQueue and the client pushes into clientQueue
+    // receiving is done from the opposite queue, respectively
+    PacketQueue<Packet> serverQueue;
+    PacketQueue<Packet> clientQueue;
+};
+
+extern SharedQueue *sharedQueue;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/variants/portduino/platformio.ini b/variants/portduino/platformio.ini
index d37c6be21..957c20006 100644
--- a/variants/portduino/platformio.ini
+++ b/variants/portduino/platformio.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 [env:native]
 extends = portduino_base
-build_flags = ${portduino_base.build_flags} -O0 -I variants/portduino
+build_flags = ${portduino_base.build_flags} -O0
+    -I variants/portduino
+    -D USE_PACKET_API
+    -D DEBUG_HEAP
 board = cross_platform
 lib_deps = ${portduino_base.lib_deps}
-build_src_filter = ${portduino_base.build_src_filter}
\ No newline at end of file
+build_src_filter = ${portduino_base.build_src_filter} +<mesh/sharedMem/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/variants/t-deck/platformio.ini b/variants/t-deck/platformio.ini
index cb6033300..14ab09804 100644
--- a/variants/t-deck/platformio.ini
+++ b/variants/t-deck/platformio.ini
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ board = t-deck
 upload_protocol = esptool
 #upload_port = COM29
 
+build_src_filter = ${esp32_base.build_src_filter} +<mesh/sharedMem/>
 build_flags = ${esp32_base.build_flags} 
   -DT_DECK 
   -DBOARD_HAS_PSRAM