This paper studies different error control schemes in wireless sensor networks with Bluetooth technology. The tradeoff between reliability and energy consumption of Bluetooth packets are analyzed, using different error control techniques, such as retransmission and channel coding The AUX1 packet is utilized for custom coding and also are proposed adaptive techniques based on the number of hops of the network. The wireless channel is modeled with Rayleigh fading. The results obtained may be used as references to determine the packet type in a sensor application.