Abstract: A system and method for framing bits wherein fifteen bits of a parallel bit stream are examined to identify a first repeating byte and, upon identification of a first repeating byte, a bit offset of the byte from a bit zero of the parallel bit stream is determined. The bits in the parallel bit stream are then shifted by the determined bit offset to generate a byte aligned parallel bit stream. Each byte of the byte aligned parallel bit stream is then examined to identify a second repeating byte and, upon identification of a second repeating byte, a byte offset of the second repeating byte from a byte zero of the parallel bit stream is determined, and the bytes in the parallel bit stream are shifted by the determined byte offset to generate a frame aligned parallel bit stream. The frame aligned parallel bit stream is then transmitted, and a frame pulse is generated to accompany the frame aligned parallel bit stream.