Rearranged the packet and serial code to make more sense

This mostly just reimplements the best parts of the discarded branch:

> discard-encapsulated-packets

There may still be some work needed.

common/network/serial_utility.hpp

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+/* Copyright: (c) Kayne Ruse 2014
+ * 
+ * This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+ * warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+ * arising from the use of this software.
+ * 
+ * Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+ * including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+ * freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+ * 
+ * 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+ * claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+ * in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+ * appreciated but is not required.
+ * 
+ * 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+ * misrepresented as being the original software.
+ * 
+ * 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
+ * distribution.
+*/
+#ifndef SERIALIZEUTILITY_HPP_
+#define SERIALIZEUTILITY_HPP_
+
+#include "serial_packet_base.hpp"
+
+#include <cstring>
+
+//raw memory copy
+void serialCopy(void** buffer, void* data, int size);
+void deserialCopy(void** buffer, void* data, int size);
+
+//primary functions
+void serializePacket(SerialPacketBase* packet, void* buffer);
+void deserializePacket(SerialPacketBase* packet, void* buffer);
+
+#endif