9. The method of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first, second, or third control words is transmitted after the message data in the frame of data.
6. A method comprising: transmitting, by a computing device, a frame of data across a communication channel, wherein the frame of data comprises message data, a first control word, a second control word, and a third control word, wherein each of the first, second, and third control words has a unique bit pattern and is associated with a different time interval, and wherein each time interval individually indicates where or when the message data begins or began in the frame of data relative to the respective first, second, or third control word associated with the time interval; receiving, at the computing device, at least one of the first, second, or third control words and other data; and identifying, by the computing device, at least some of the other data as the message data based upon receipt of at least one of the first, second, or third control words, wherein only one of the first, second, or third control words needs to be received to identify the message data from the other data; and wherein the first, second, and third control words comprise at least one of i) a first start-of-frame control word and a second start-of-frame control word; or ii) a first end-of-frame control word and a second end-of-frame control word.