diff --git a/model/ndn-name-components.cc b/model/ndn-name-components.cc
index d5ac498..6e44b12 100644
--- a/model/ndn-name-components.cc
+++ b/model/ndn-name-components.cc
@@ -105,6 +105,59 @@
   return retval;
 }
 
+size_t
+NameComponents::GetSerializedSize () const
+{
+  size_t nameSerializedSize = 2;
+  for (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator i = this->begin ();
+       i != this->end ();
+       i++)
+    {
+      nameSerializedSize += 2 + i->size ();
+    }
+  NS_ASSERT_MSG (nameSerializedSize < 30000, "Name is too long (> 30kbytes)");
+
+  return nameSerializedSize;
+}
+
+uint32_t
+NameComponents::Serialize (Buffer::Iterator start) const
+{
+  Buffer::Iterator i = start;
+
+  i.WriteU16 (static_cast<uint16_t> (this->GetSerializedSize ()-2));
+
+  for (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator item = this->begin ();
+       item != this->end ();
+       item++)
+    {
+      i.WriteU16 (static_cast<uint16_t> (item->size ()));
+      i.Write (reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*> (item->c_str ()), item->size ());
+    }
+
+  return i.GetDistanceFrom (start);
+}
+  
+uint32_t
+NameComponents::Deserialize (Buffer::Iterator start)
+{
+  Buffer::Iterator i = start;
+    
+  uint16_t nameLength = i.ReadU16 ();
+  while (nameLength > 0)
+    {
+      uint16_t length = i.ReadU16 ();
+      nameLength = nameLength - 2 - length;
+
+      uint8_t tmp[length];
+      i.Read (tmp, length);
+
+      this->Add (string (reinterpret_cast<const char*> (tmp), length));
+    }
+
+  return i.GetDistanceFrom (start);
+}
+
 void
 NameComponents::Print (std::ostream &os) const
 {