Receive byte[] as parameter - MVC

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Hi All

1. Server-side: I have a method that intends on receiving the byte[] from WebClient.UploadData but I can not seem to achieve this.
2. I have tried the following:
- System.IO.Stream which results in an error "Cannot create an abstract class".
- System.IO.MemoryStrem which results in an error "Timeouts are not supported on this stream".
- byte[] - The input parameter is null.
- Google, which took me in circles :(

Client-side code: Posting data using WebClient.UploadData

byte[] _data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(parameters);
byte[] _result = client.UploadData(_URL, _data); // client: System.Net.WebClient

Server-side: Attempting to receive the data posted by WebClient.UploadData

public byte[] Receive_Data(Stream data) // System.IO.Stream
{
 ...
}

public byte[] Receive_Data(MemoryStream data) // System.IO.MemoryStrem
{
 ...
}

public byte[] Receive_Data(byte[] data) // byte[]
{
 ...
}

I'm not sure what I doing wrong, please could someone point me in the right direction/alternative. All feedback is highly appreciated.

Notes: This being done in MVC

public class HomeController : Controller