Communication device and method for application layer-independent triggering of events in a communication network

Abstract

A first communication device includes a processor that receives a data signal from a second communication device. The processor converts the data signal to a bit stream at a physical layer of a network architecture and executes a frame level inspection of the bit stream at a datalink layer for a defined signature. The processor detects the defined signature associated with a first data packet in a frame based on the executed frame level inspection of the bit stream at the datalink layer, where the defined signature associated with the first data packet is a unique indicator. An event is triggered in a communication network at the datalink layer irrespective of an involvement of an application layer of the network architecture at the first communication device based on the detected defined signature associated with the first data packet.