diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/awdl.go b/src/yggdrasil/awdl.go
index da10d585..84cd3fbf 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/awdl.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/awdl.go
@@ -74,9 +74,24 @@ func (l *awdl) shutdown(identity string) {
 
 func (ai *awdlInterface) handler() {
 	for {
+		/*timerInterval := tcp_ping_interval
+		timer := time.NewTimer(timerInterval)
+		defer timer.Stop()*/
 		select {
 		case p := <-ai.peer.linkOut:
 			ai.send <- p
+			continue
+		default:
+		}
+		/*timer.Stop()
+		select {
+		case <-timer.C:
+		default:
+		}
+		timer.Reset(timerInterval)*/
+		select {
+		//case _ = <-timer.C:
+		//	ai.send <- nil
 		case r := <-ai.recv: // traffic received from AWDL
 			ai.peer.handlePacket(r)
 		case <-ai.shutdown:
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/mobile.go b/src/yggdrasil/mobile.go
index 36a98eab..44886f8b 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/mobile.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/mobile.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package yggdrasil
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
@@ -100,3 +101,19 @@ func (c *Core) AWDLCreateInterface(boxPubKey []byte, sigPubKey []byte, name stri
 	copy(sig[:crypto.SigPubKeyLen], sigPubKey[:])
 	c.awdl.create(&box, &sig, name)
 }
+
+func (c *Core) AWDLRecvPacket(identity string) ([]byte, error) {
+	if intf := c.awdl.getInterface(identity); intf != nil {
+		return <-intf.recv, nil
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("identity not known: " + identity)
+}
+
+func (c *Core) AWDLSendPacket(identity string, buf []byte) error {
+	packet := append(util.GetBytes(), buf[:]...)
+	if intf := c.awdl.getInterface(identity); intf != nil {
+		intf.send <- packet
+		return nil
+	}
+	return errors.New("identity not known: " + identity)
+}