diff --git a/model/model.go b/model/model.go
index 2e25d9e..399a12b 100644
--- a/model/model.go
+++ b/model/model.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package model
 
 type Filesystem struct {
 	Name      string
+	Parent	  *Filesystem
 	Children  []Filesystem
 	Snapshots []Snapshot
 }
diff --git a/rpc/rpc.go b/rpc/rpc.go
index 66afe19..3c17d94 100644
--- a/rpc/rpc.go
+++ b/rpc/rpc.go
@@ -6,16 +6,19 @@ import (
 
 	. "github.com/zrepl/zrepl/model"
 	. "github.com/zrepl/zrepl/util"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
 )
 
 type RPCRequester interface {
-	FilesystemRequest(r FilesystemRequest) (root Filesystem, err error)
+	FilesystemRequest(r FilesystemRequest) (roots []Filesystem, err error)
 	InitialTransferRequest(r InitialTransferRequest) (io.Reader, error)
 	IncrementalTransferRequest(r IncrementalTransferRequest) (io.Reader, error)
 }
 
 type RPCHandler interface {
-	HandleFilesystemRequest(r FilesystemRequest) (root Filesystem, err error)
+	HandleFilesystemRequest(r FilesystemRequest) (roots []Filesystem, err error)
 	HandleInitialTransferRequest(r InitialTransferRequest) (io.Reader, error)
 	HandleIncrementalTransferRequest(r IncrementalTransferRequest) (io.Reader, error)
 }
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ type ByteStreamRPC struct {
 	decoder *json.Decoder
 }
 
-func ConnectByteStreamRPC(conn io.ReadWriteCloser) (ByteStreamRPC, error) {
+func ConnectByteStreamRPC(conn io.ReadWriteCloser) (RPCRequester, error) {
 	// TODO do ssh connection to transport, establish TCP-like communication channel
 	rpc := ByteStreamRPC{
 		conn:    conn,
@@ -37,8 +40,11 @@ func ConnectByteStreamRPC(conn io.ReadWriteCloser) (ByteStreamRPC, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Assert protocol versions are equal
-	req := NewByteStreamRPCProtocolVersionRequest()
-	rpc.encoder.Encode(&req)
+	err := rpc.ProtocolVersionRequest()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return rpc, nil
 }
 
@@ -116,7 +122,25 @@ func ListenByteStreamRPC(conn io.ReadWriteCloser, handler RPCHandler) error {
 					return err
 				}
 			}
-		// TODO
+
+		case RTIncrementalTransferRequest:
+
+			var rq IncrementalTransferRequest
+			if err := decoder.Decode(&rq); err != nil {
+				respondWithError(conn, EDecodeRequestBody, nil)
+			}
+
+			snapReader, err := handler.HandleIncrementalTransferRequest(rq)
+			if err != nil {
+				respondWithError(conn, EHandler, err)
+			} else {
+				chunker := NewChunker(snapReader)
+				_, err := io.Copy(conn, &chunker)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+
 		default:
 			respondWithError(conn, EUnknownRequestType, nil)
 			conn.Close()
@@ -130,28 +154,122 @@ func respondWithError(conn io.Writer, id ErrorId, err error) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func inferRequestType(v interface{}) (RequestType, error) {
+	switch v.(type) {
+	case ByteStreamRPCProtocolVersionRequest:
+			return RTProtocolVersionRequest, nil
+	case FilesystemRequest:
+			return RTFilesystemRequest, nil
+	case InitialTransferRequest:
+			return RTInitialTransferRequest, nil
+	default:
+		return 0, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("cannot infer request type for type '%v'",
+							 			 reflect.TypeOf(v)))
+	}
+}
+
+func genUUID() [16]byte {
+	return [16]byte{} // TODO
+}
+
+func (c ByteStreamRPC) sendRequest(v interface{}) (err error) {
+
+	var rt RequestType
+
+	if rt, err = inferRequestType(v); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	h := RequestHeader{
+		Type: rt,
+		Id: genUUID(),
+	}
+
+	if err = c.encoder.Encode(h); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if err = c.encoder.Encode(v); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func (c ByteStreamRPC) expectResponseType(rt ResponseType) (err error) {
+	var h ResponseHeader
+	if err = c.decoder.Decode(&h); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if h.ResponseType != rt {
+		return errors.New("unexpected response type in response header")
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (c ByteStreamRPC) sendRequestReceiveHeader(request interface{}, rt ResponseType) (err error) {
+
+	if err = c.sendRequest(request); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err = c.expectResponseType(rt); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c ByteStreamRPC) ProtocolVersionRequest() (err error) {
+	b := ByteStreamRPCProtocolVersionRequest{
+		ClientVersion: ByteStreamRPCProtocolVersion,
+	}
+
+	// OK response means the remote side can cope with our protocol version
+	return c.sendRequestReceiveHeader(b, ROK)
+}
+
 func (c ByteStreamRPC) FilesystemRequest(r FilesystemRequest) (roots []Filesystem, err error) {
-	return nil, nil
+
+	if err = c.sendRequestReceiveHeader(r, RFilesystems); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	roots = make([]Filesystem, 0)
+
+	if err = c.decoder.Decode(roots); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	return
 }
 
-func (c ByteStreamRPC) InitialTransferRequest(r InitialTransferRequest) (io.Reader, error) {
-	// send request header using protobuf or similar
-	return nil, nil
+func (c ByteStreamRPC) InitialTransferRequest(r InitialTransferRequest) (unchunker io.Reader, err error) {
+
+	if err = c.sendRequestReceiveHeader(r, RChunkedStream); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	unchunker = NewUnchunker(c.conn)
+	return
 }
 
-func (c ByteStreamRPC) IncrementalTransferRequest(r IncrementalTransferRequest) (io.Reader, error) {
-	return nil, nil
+func (c ByteStreamRPC) IncrementalTransferRequest(r IncrementalTransferRequest) (unchunker io.Reader, err error) {
+	if err = c.sendRequestReceiveHeader(r, RChunkedStream); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	unchunker = NewUnchunker(c.conn)
+	return
 }
 
 type LocalRPC struct {
 	handler RPCHandler
 }
 
-func ConnectLocalRPC(handler RPCHandler) LocalRPC {
+func ConnectLocalRPC(handler RPCHandler) RPCRequester {
 	return LocalRPC{handler}
 }
 
-func (c LocalRPC) FilesystemRequest(r FilesystemRequest) (root Filesystem, err error) {
+func (c LocalRPC) FilesystemRequest(r FilesystemRequest) (roots []Filesystem, err error) {
 	return c.handler.HandleFilesystemRequest(r)
 }
 
diff --git a/rpc/structs.go b/rpc/structs.go
index 1a501b7..aa4cab2 100644
--- a/rpc/structs.go
+++ b/rpc/structs.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const (
 	RTProtocolVersionRequest RequestType = 1
 	RTFilesystemRequest                  = 16
 	RTInitialTransferRequest             = 17
+	RTIncrementalTransferRequest 		 = 18
 )
 
 type RequestHeader struct {
@@ -55,7 +56,9 @@ const (
 type ResponseType uint8
 
 const (
-	ROK ResponseType = 0
+	ROK ResponseType = 1
+	RFilesystems     = 2
+	RChunkedStream   = 3
 )
 
 type ResponseHeader struct {
diff --git a/util/chunking.go b/util/chunking.go
index d34c84b..2ba9cb5 100644
--- a/util/chunking.go
+++ b/util/chunking.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ type Unchunker struct {
 	remainingChunkBytes uint32
 }
 
-func NewUnchunker(conn io.Reader) Unchunker {
-	return Unchunker{
+func NewUnchunker(conn io.Reader) *Unchunker {
+	return &Unchunker{
 			in: conn,
 			remainingChunkBytes: 0,
 	}