diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/annotation.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/annotation.ts
index 83cf453..6c6abec 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/annotation.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/annotation.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer, record } from '../protocol/serialization';
+import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer, record } from '../utils/serialization';
 import { OutputElementStyle } from './styles';
 
 export enum Type {
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/bookmark.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/bookmark.ts
index fd8452e..8c48815 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/bookmark.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/bookmark.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createNormalizer } from '../protocol/serialization';
+import { createNormalizer } from '../utils/serialization';
 
 export const Bookmark = createNormalizer<Bookmark>({
     endTime: BigInt,
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/entry.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/entry.ts
index ec7a3b5..764c13c 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/entry.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/entry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer, Normalizer } from '../protocol/serialization';
+import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer, Normalizer } from '../utils/serialization';
 import { OutputElementStyle } from './styles';
 
 export const Entry = createNormalizer<Entry>({
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/experiment.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/experiment.ts
index ddfc9ae..15b0384 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/experiment.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/experiment.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer } from '../protocol/serialization';
+import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer } from '../utils/serialization';
 import { Trace } from './trace';
 
 export const Experiment = createNormalizer<Experiment>({
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/output-descriptor.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/output-descriptor.ts
index 2e703b3..56202a1 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/output-descriptor.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/output-descriptor.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createNormalizer } from '../protocol/serialization';
+import { createNormalizer } from '../utils/serialization';
 
 export const OutputDescriptor = createNormalizer<OutputDescriptor>({
     end: BigInt,
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/response/responses.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/response/responses.ts
index 152feaf..8e84fed 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/response/responses.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/response/responses.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Deserialized, createNormalizer, Normalizer } from '../../protocol/serialization';
+import { Deserialized, createNormalizer, Normalizer } from '../../utils/serialization';
 
 /**
  * Response status
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/styles.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/styles.ts
index c5ae19e..610965c 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/styles.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/styles.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createNormalizer } from '../protocol/serialization';
+import { createNormalizer } from '../utils/serialization';
 
 export const OutputElementStyle = createNormalizer<OutputElementStyle>({
     values: undefined,
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/table.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/table.ts
index b0c0c0a..f7d4ee3 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/table.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/table.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer } from '../protocol/serialization';
+import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer } from '../utils/serialization';
 
 export const ColumnHeaderEntry = createNormalizer<ColumnHeaderEntry>({
     id: assertNumber,
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/timegraph.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/timegraph.ts
index 856f07f..83b76a9 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/timegraph.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/timegraph.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer } from '../protocol/serialization';
+import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer } from '../utils/serialization';
 import { Entry } from './entry';
 import { OutputElementStyle } from './styles';
 
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/trace.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/trace.ts
index ec1d4ba..497d628 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/trace.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/trace.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { assertNumber, createNormalizer } from '../protocol/serialization';
+import { assertNumber, createNormalizer } from '../utils/serialization';
 
 export const Trace = createNormalizer<Trace>({
     end: BigInt,
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/xy.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/xy.ts
index 0864b3a..be87544 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/xy.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/xy.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer, toBigInt } from '../protocol/serialization';
+import { array, assertNumber, createNormalizer, toBigInt } from '../utils/serialization';
 
 export const XYSeries = createNormalizer<XYSeries>({
     seriesId: assertNumber,
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/rest-client.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/rest-client.ts
index c231638..dd8c4b1 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/rest-client.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/rest-client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import fetch, { Headers } from 'node-fetch';
-import { Deserialized, Normalizer } from './serialization';
+import { Deserialized, Normalizer } from '../utils/serialization';
 import { TspClientResponse } from './tsp-client-response';
 import JSONBigConfig = require('json-bigint');
 
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client.ts
index 3544f74..58a2e76 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { TspClientResponse } from './tsp-client-response';
 import { OutputStyleModel } from '../models/styles';
 import { HealthStatus } from '../models/health';
 import { MarkerSet } from '../models/markerset';
-import { array } from './serialization';
+import { array } from '../utils/serialization';
 
 /**
  * Trace Server Protocol client
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/utils/serialization-utils.test.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/utils/serialization-utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee4a89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/utils/serialization-utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// tslint:disable: no-unused-expression
+
+import { Query } from '../models/query/query';
+import { HttpRequest, HttpResponse, RestClient } from '../protocol/rest-client';
+import { FixtureSet } from '../protocol/test-utils';
+import { TspClient } from '../protocol/tsp-client';
+import { SerializationUtil } from './serialization-utils';
+import { Experiment } from '../models/experiment';
+
+describe('SerializationUtils tests', () => {
+
+  const client = new TspClient('not-relevant');
+  const httpRequestMock = jest.fn<Promise<HttpResponse>, [req: HttpRequest]>();
+
+  let fixtures: FixtureSet;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    fixtures = await FixtureSet.fromFolder(__dirname, '../../fixtures/tsp-client');
+    RestClient['httpRequest'] = httpRequestMock;
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    httpRequestMock.mockReset();
+    httpRequestMock.mockResolvedValue({ text: '', status: 404, statusText: 'Not found' });
+  });
+
+  it('testSerializationUtil', async () => {
+    httpRequestMock.mockReturnValueOnce(fixtures.asResponse('create-experiment-0.json'));
+    const response = await client.createExperiment(new Query({}));
+    const experiment = response.getModel()!;
+
+    const input = SerializationUtil.serialize(experiment);
+    const experiment2 = SerializationUtil.deserialize(input, Experiment);
+
+    expect(experiment).toEqual(experiment2);
+  });
+
+  it('testSerializationUtil-no-normalizer', async () => {
+    const inputObj = 'hallo';
+    const input = SerializationUtil.serialize(inputObj);
+    const output = SerializationUtil.deserialize<string>(input);
+    expect(typeof output).toEqual('string');
+
+    let bigIntObj = BigInt("1234567890123456789");
+    const bigIntInput = SerializationUtil.serialize(bigIntObj);
+    const bigIntOutput = SerializationUtil.deserialize<bigint>(bigIntInput);
+    expect(typeof bigIntOutput).toEqual('bigint');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/utils/serialization-utils.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/utils/serialization-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..123f309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/utils/serialization-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { Deserialized, Normalizer } from './serialization';
+import JSONBigConfig = require('json-bigint');
+
+const JSONBig = JSONBigConfig({
+    useNativeBigInt: true,
+});
+
+/**
+ * Rest client helper to make request.
+ * The request response status code indicates if the request is successful.
+ * The json object in the response may be undefined when an error occurs.
+ */
+export class SerializationUtil {
+
+    static deserialize<T>(url: string): Deserialized<T>;
+    static deserialize<T>(input: string, normalizer?: Normalizer<T>): T;
+    /**
+     * Parse JSON-encoded data using a normalizer. It will create `BigInt' 
+     * values instead of `number` as defined by normalizer.
+     * 
+     * @template T is the expected type of the json object returned
+     * @param input Input JSON string to deserialize
+     * @param normalizer Normalizer to create type T
+     */
+    static deserialize<T>(input: string, normalizer?: Normalizer<T>) {
+        try {
+            const parsed = this.jsonParse(input);
+            try {
+                if (normalizer) {
+                    return normalizer(parsed) as T;
+                }
+                return parsed as T;
+            } catch (err) {
+                console.log('Error normalizing parsed input string: ' + err.toString());
+            }
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.log('Error parsing input string: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stringify JS objects. Can stringify `BigInt` values.
+     */
+    static serialize(object: any): string {
+        return this.jsonStringify(object);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stringify JS objects. Can stringify `BigInt` values.
+     */
+    protected static jsonStringify(data: any): string {
+        return JSONBig.stringify(data);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse JSON-encoded data. If a number is too large to fit into a regular
+     * `number` then it will be deserialized as `BigInt`.
+     */
+    protected static jsonParse(text: string): any {
+        return JSONBig.parse(text);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/serialization.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/utils/serialization.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/serialization.ts
rename to tsp-typescript-client/src/utils/serialization.ts