A method for selective recovery in a communications environment is provided that includes building a recognizable bit pattern into one or more subframes that are associated with a communication flow. One or more of the subframes may be positioned into a superframe. In cases where one or more errors are present in the superframe, the superframe may be demultiplexed such that one or more of the subframes included in the superframe are analyzed and then discarded or forwarded based on the presence of one or more of the errors.