diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49f0d2f4f..803384466 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Added
 
+- `DleParser` helper class to parse DLE encoded packets from a byte stream.
+  PR: https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/fsfw/fsfw/pulls/711
 - `UioMapper` is able to resolve symlinks now.
   PR: https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/fsfw/fsfw/pulls/709
 - Add new `UnsignedByteField` class
diff --git a/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp b/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp
index 8ab540a05..60966501a 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ void DeviceHandlerBase::doStateMachine() {
       if ((switchState == PowerSwitchIF::SWITCH_ON) || (switchState == NO_SWITCH)) {
         // NOTE: TransitionSourceMode and -SubMode are set by handleCommandedModeTransition
         childTransitionFailure = CHILD_TIMEOUT;
+        transitionSourceMode = _MODE_SHUT_DOWN;
+        transitionSourceSubMode = SUBMODE_NONE;
         setMode(_MODE_START_UP);
         callChildStatemachine();
       }
diff --git a/src/fsfw/globalfunctions/CMakeLists.txt b/src/fsfw/globalfunctions/CMakeLists.txt
index cfa02696e..cf8a25d54 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/globalfunctions/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/fsfw/globalfunctions/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ target_sources(
           AsciiConverter.cpp
           CRC.cpp
           DleEncoder.cpp
+          DleParser.cpp
           PeriodicOperationDivider.cpp
           timevalOperations.cpp
           Type.cpp
diff --git a/src/fsfw/globalfunctions/DleParser.cpp b/src/fsfw/globalfunctions/DleParser.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc695babe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fsfw/globalfunctions/DleParser.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+#include "DleParser.h"
+
+#include <fsfw/serviceinterface/ServiceInterface.h>
+
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+
+DleParser::DleParser(SimpleRingBuffer& decodeRingBuf, DleEncoder& decoder, BufPair encodedBuf,
+                     BufPair decodedBuf)
+    : decodeRingBuf(decodeRingBuf),
+      decoder(decoder),
+      encodedBuf(encodedBuf),
+      decodedBuf(decodedBuf) {}
+
+ReturnValue_t DleParser::passData(const uint8_t* data, size_t len) {
+  if (data == nullptr or len == 0) {
+    return returnvalue::FAILED;
+  }
+  return decodeRingBuf.writeData(data, len);
+}
+
+ReturnValue_t DleParser::parseRingBuf(size_t& readSize) {
+  ctx.setType(DleParser::ContextType::NONE);
+  size_t availableData = decodeRingBuf.getAvailableReadData();
+  if (availableData == 0) {
+    return NO_PACKET_FOUND;
+  }
+  if (availableData > encodedBuf.second) {
+    ErrorInfo info;
+    info.len = decodeRingBuf.getAvailableReadData();
+    setErrorContext(ErrorTypes::DECODING_BUF_TOO_SMALL, info);
+    return returnvalue::FAILED;
+  }
+  ReturnValue_t result = decodeRingBuf.readData(encodedBuf.first, availableData);
+  if (result != returnvalue::OK) {
+    ErrorInfo info;
+    info.res = result;
+    setErrorContext(ErrorTypes::RING_BUF_ERROR, info);
+    return result;
+  }
+  bool stxFound = false;
+  size_t stxIdx = 0;
+  for (size_t vectorIdx = 0; vectorIdx < availableData; vectorIdx++) {
+    // handle STX char
+    if (encodedBuf.first[vectorIdx] == DleEncoder::STX_CHAR) {
+      if (not stxFound) {
+        stxFound = true;
+        stxIdx = vectorIdx;
+      } else {
+        // might be lost packet, so we should advance the read pointer
+        // without skipping the STX
+        readSize = vectorIdx;
+        ErrorInfo info;
+        setErrorContext(ErrorTypes::CONSECUTIVE_STX_CHARS, info);
+        return POSSIBLE_PACKET_LOSS;
+      }
+    }
+    // handle ETX char
+    if (encodedBuf.first[vectorIdx] == DleEncoder::ETX_CHAR) {
+      if (stxFound) {
+        // This is propably a packet, so we decode it.
+        size_t decodedLen = 0;
+        size_t dummy = 0;
+
+        ReturnValue_t result =
+            decoder.decode(&encodedBuf.first[stxIdx], availableData - stxIdx, &dummy,
+                           decodedBuf.first, decodedBuf.second, &decodedLen);
+        if (result == returnvalue::OK) {
+          ctx.setType(ContextType::PACKET_FOUND);
+          ctx.decodedPacket.first = decodedBuf.first;
+          ctx.decodedPacket.second = decodedLen;
+          readSize = ++vectorIdx;
+          return returnvalue::OK;
+        } else {
+          // invalid packet, skip.
+          readSize = ++vectorIdx;
+          ErrorInfo info;
+          info.res = result;
+          setErrorContext(ErrorTypes::DECODE_ERROR, info);
+          return POSSIBLE_PACKET_LOSS;
+        }
+      } else {
+        // might be lost packet, so we should advance the read pointer
+        readSize = ++vectorIdx;
+        ErrorInfo info;
+        info.len = 0;
+        setErrorContext(ErrorTypes::CONSECUTIVE_ETX_CHARS, info);
+        return POSSIBLE_PACKET_LOSS;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return NO_PACKET_FOUND;
+}
+
+void DleParser::defaultFoundPacketHandler(uint8_t* packet, size_t len, void* args) {
+#if FSFW_VERBOSE_LEVEL >= 1
+#if FSFW_CPP_OSTREAM_ENABLED == 1
+  sif::info << "DleParserBase::handleFoundPacket: Detected DLE packet with " << len << " bytes"
+            << std::endl;
+#else
+  sif::printInfo("DleParserBase::handleFoundPacket: Detected DLE packet with %d bytes\n", len);
+#endif
+#endif
+}
+
+void DleParser::defaultErrorHandler() {
+  if (ctx.getType() != DleParser::ContextType::ERROR) {
+    errorPrinter("No error");
+    return;
+  }
+  switch (ctx.error.first) {
+    case (ErrorTypes::NONE): {
+      errorPrinter("No error");
+      break;
+    }
+    case (ErrorTypes::DECODE_ERROR): {
+      errorPrinter("Decode Error");
+      break;
+    }
+    case (ErrorTypes::RING_BUF_ERROR): {
+      errorPrinter("Ring Buffer Error");
+      break;
+    }
+    case (ErrorTypes::ENCODED_BUF_TOO_SMALL):
+    case (ErrorTypes::DECODING_BUF_TOO_SMALL): {
+      char opt[64];
+      snprintf(opt, sizeof(opt), ": Too small for packet with length %zu",
+               ctx.decodedPacket.second);
+      if (ctx.error.first == ErrorTypes::ENCODED_BUF_TOO_SMALL) {
+        errorPrinter("Encoded buf too small", opt);
+      } else {
+        errorPrinter("Decoding buf too small", opt);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case (ErrorTypes::CONSECUTIVE_STX_CHARS): {
+      errorPrinter("Consecutive STX chars detected");
+      break;
+    }
+    case (ErrorTypes::CONSECUTIVE_ETX_CHARS): {
+      errorPrinter("Consecutive ETX chars detected");
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void DleParser::errorPrinter(const char* str, const char* opt) {
+  if (opt == nullptr) {
+    opt = "";
+  }
+#if FSFW_VERBOSE_LEVEL >= 1
+#if FSFW_CPP_OSTREAM_ENABLED == 1
+  sif::info << "DleParserBase::handleParseError: " << str << opt << std::endl;
+#else
+  sif::printInfo("DleParserBase::handleParseError: %s%s\n", str, opt);
+#endif
+#endif
+}
+
+void DleParser::setErrorContext(ErrorTypes err, ErrorInfo info) {
+  ctx.setType(ContextType::ERROR);
+  ctx.error.first = err;
+  ctx.error.second = info;
+}
+
+ReturnValue_t DleParser::confirmBytesRead(size_t bytesRead) {
+  return decodeRingBuf.deleteData(bytesRead);
+}
+
+const DleParser::Context& DleParser::getContext() { return ctx; }
+
+void DleParser::reset() { decodeRingBuf.clear(); }
diff --git a/src/fsfw/globalfunctions/DleParser.h b/src/fsfw/globalfunctions/DleParser.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9802017a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fsfw/globalfunctions/DleParser.h
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <fsfw/container/SimpleRingBuffer.h>
+#include <fsfw/globalfunctions/DleEncoder.h>
+#include <fsfw/returnvalues/returnvalue.h>
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <utility>
+
+/**
+ * @brief This base helper class can be used to extract DLE encoded packets from a data stream
+ * @details
+ * The core API of the parser takes received packets which can contains DLE packets. The parser
+ * can deal with DLE packets split across multiple packets. It does so by using a dedicated
+ * decoding ring buffer. The user can process received packets and detect errors by
+ * overriding two provided virtual methods. This also allows detecting multiple DLE packets
+ * inside one passed packet.
+ */
+class DleParser {
+ public:
+  static constexpr ReturnValue_t NO_PACKET_FOUND = returnvalue::makeCode(1, 1);
+  static constexpr ReturnValue_t POSSIBLE_PACKET_LOSS = returnvalue::makeCode(1, 2);
+  using BufPair = std::pair<uint8_t*, size_t>;
+
+  enum class ContextType { NONE, PACKET_FOUND, ERROR };
+
+  enum class ErrorTypes {
+    NONE,
+    ENCODED_BUF_TOO_SMALL,
+    DECODING_BUF_TOO_SMALL,
+    DECODE_ERROR,
+    RING_BUF_ERROR,
+    CONSECUTIVE_STX_CHARS,
+    CONSECUTIVE_ETX_CHARS
+  };
+
+  union ErrorInfo {
+    size_t len;
+    ReturnValue_t res;
+  };
+
+  using ErrorPair = std::pair<ErrorTypes, ErrorInfo>;
+
+  struct Context {
+   public:
+    Context() { setType(ContextType::PACKET_FOUND); }
+
+    void setType(ContextType type) {
+      this->type = type;
+      if (type == ContextType::PACKET_FOUND) {
+        error.first = ErrorTypes::NONE;
+        error.second.len = 0;
+      } else {
+        decodedPacket.first = nullptr;
+        decodedPacket.second = 0;
+      }
+    }
+
+    ContextType getType() const { return type; }
+
+    BufPair decodedPacket = {};
+    ErrorPair error;
+
+   private:
+    ContextType type;
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Base class constructor
+   * @param decodeRingBuf Ring buffer used to store multiple packets to allow detecting DLE packets
+   * split across multiple packets
+   * @param decoder Decoder instance
+   * @param encodedBuf Buffer used to store encoded packets. It has to be large enough to hold
+   * the largest expected encoded DLE packet size
+   * @param decodedBuf Buffer used to store decoded packets. It has to be large enough to hold the
+   * largest expected decoded DLE packet size
+   * @param handler Function which will be called on a found packet
+   * @param args Arbitrary user argument
+   */
+  DleParser(SimpleRingBuffer& decodeRingBuf, DleEncoder& decoder, BufPair encodedBuf,
+            BufPair decodedBuf);
+
+  /**
+   * This function allows to pass new data into the parser. It then scans for DLE packets
+   * automatically and inserts (part of) the packet into a ring buffer if necessary.
+   * @param data
+   * @param len
+   * @return
+   */
+  ReturnValue_t passData(const uint8_t* data, size_t len);
+
+  ReturnValue_t parseRingBuf(size_t& bytesRead);
+
+  ReturnValue_t confirmBytesRead(size_t bytesRead);
+
+  const Context& getContext();
+  /**
+   * Example found packet handler
+   * function call
+   * @param packet Decoded packet
+   * @param len Length of detected packet
+   */
+  void defaultFoundPacketHandler(uint8_t* packet, size_t len, void* args);
+  /**
+   * Will be called if an error occured in the #passData call
+   * @param err
+   * @param ctx Context information depending on the error type
+   *  - For buffer length errors, will be set to the detected packet length which is too large
+   *  - For decode or ring buffer errors, will be set to the result returned from the failed call
+   */
+  void defaultErrorHandler();
+
+  static void errorPrinter(const char* str, const char* opt = nullptr);
+
+  void setErrorContext(ErrorTypes err, ErrorInfo ctx);
+  /**
+   * Resets the parser by resetting the internal states and clearing the decoding ring buffer
+   */
+  void reset();
+
+ private:
+  SimpleRingBuffer& decodeRingBuf;
+  DleEncoder& decoder;
+  BufPair encodedBuf;
+  BufPair decodedBuf;
+  Context ctx;
+};