Router based versus Host based

* Resource allocation can be classified whether a router or a host set up required resource.
* In router-based scheme, routers have primary responsibility for congestion control.
* A router selectively forwards packets and drops them, if required, to manage the allocation of existing resources.
* A router also sends information to end host on the amount of traffic it can generate and send.
* In host-based scheme, end hosts have primary responsibility for congestion control.

* The end host observes the network conditions and adjusts their behavior, such as throughput, delay and packet losses and adjust rate at which they generate and send packets.

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