# \#fec

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## [Messages corrupted?](https://forums.digi.com/t/messages-corrupted/1906)

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**Author:** [@nunojpg](https://forums.digi.com/u/nunojpg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/messages-corrupted/1906 "2015-01-05T01:46:14Z")

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Is it possible for a message to get corrupted? I see that the 802.15.4 MAC frame have a CRC field, so probably almost all packets with errors will be silently discarded. This also means it is not possible to implement a…