diff --git a/common/adc_traits.h b/common/adc_traits.h
index f37dc82..a2c67fd 100644
--- a/common/adc_traits.h
+++ b/common/adc_traits.h
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ concept adc_input_char_range =
     std::ranges::input_range<R> && std::is_same_v<std::remove_cv_t<std::ranges::range_value_t<R>>, CharT>;
 
 
+template <typename R>
+concept adc_char_view = std::ranges::view<R> && std::same_as<std::ranges::range_value_t<R>, char>;
+
+
 // deduce returned type of callable
 // template <typename T>
 // using adc_retval_t = std::invoke_result_t<std::remove_cvref_t<T>>;
diff --git a/net/adc_netmsg.h b/net/adc_netmsg.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df87744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/adc_netmsg.h
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#pragma once
+
+
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+
+#include "../common/adc_traits.h"
+
+namespace adc
+{
+
+template <traits::adc_output_char_range ByteStorageT = std::string, traits::adc_char_view ByteViewT = std::string_view>
+class AdcGenericNetMessage
+{
+    // get a copy of message bytes
+    template <traits::adc_output_char_range R>
+    R bytes() const
+    {
+        R r;
+        std::ranges::copy(_bytes, std::back_inserter(r));
+
+        return r;
+    }
+
+
+    virtual ByteStorageT bytes() const { return bytes<ByteStorageT>(); }
+
+    // get a view of message bytes
+    template <traits::adc_char_view R>
+    R bytesView() const
+    {
+        return R{_bytes.begin(), _bytes.end()};
+    }
+
+    virtual ByteViewT bytesView() const { return bytesView<ByteViewT>(); }
+
+protected:
+    ByteStorageT _bytes;
+};
+
+
+
+namespace constants
+{
+
+static constexpr char ADC_DEFAULT_TOKEN_DELIMITER[] = " ";
+static constexpr char ADC_DEFAULT_KEY_PARAM_DELIMITER[] = " ";
+static constexpr char ADC_DEFAULT_PARAM_PARAM_DELIMITER[] = " ";
+
+}  // namespace constants
+
+
+template <const char* TOKEN_DELIM = constants::ADC_DEFAULT_TOKEN_DELIMITER,
+          traits::adc_output_char_range ByteStorageT = std::string,
+          traits::adc_char_view ByteViewT = std::string_view>
+class AdcTokenNetMessage : public AdcGenericNetMessage<ByteStorageT, ByteViewT>
+{
+    using base_t = AdcGenericNetMessage<ByteStorageT, ByteViewT>;
+
+public:
+    static constexpr std::string_view tokenDelimiter{TOKEN_DELIM};
+
+    template <traits::adc_output_char_range R>
+    R bytes() const
+    {
+        R r;
+
+        if (_tokens.empty()) {
+            return r;
+        }
+
+
+        std::ranges::for_each(_tokens | std::views::take(_tokens.size()), [&r](const auto& el) {
+            std::ranges::copy(el, std::back_inserter(r));
+            std::ranges::copy(tokenDelimiter, std::back_inserter(r));
+        });
+
+        std::ranges::copy(_tokens.back(), std::back_inserter(r));
+
+        return r;
+    }
+
+
+    template <std::ranges::range R>
+        requires std::ranges::view<std::ranges::range_value_t<R>>
+    R bytesView() const
+    {
+        R r;
+
+        std::ranges::for_each(_tokens | std::views::take(_tokens.size()), [&r](const auto& el) {
+            std::ranges::range_value_t<R> v{el.begin(), el.end()};
+            std::back_inserter(r) = {el.begin(), el.end()};
+            std::back_inserter(r) = {tokenDelimiter.begin(), tokenDelimiter.end()};
+        });
+
+        std::back_inserter(r) = {_tokens.back().begin(), _tokens.back().end()};
+
+        return r;
+    }
+
+protected:
+    std::vector<ByteStorageT> _tokens;
+};
+
+
+}  // namespace adc