Computation of CRC - One-pass Checking

One-pass Checking

When appending a CRC to a message, it is possible to detach the transmitted CRC, recompute it, and verify the recomputed value against the transmitted one. However, a simpler technique is commonly used in hardware.

When the CRC is transmitted with the correct bit order (most significant terms first), a receiver can compute an overall CRC, over the message and the CRC, and if the CRC is correct, the result will be zero. This possibility is the reason that most network protocols that include a CRC do so before the ending delimiter; it is not necessary to know whether the end of the packet is imminent to check the CRC.