Disadvantages of Load Shedding
- If the size of the buffer is very less it discards more packets
- It is an overhead task for the router to continuously check if it has becomes full.
- Load shedding can sometimes discard important packets also considered as old packets.
- Load shedding cannot completely guarantee the avoidance of congestion.
What is Load Shedding in Computer Networks?
A network consists of various devices or resources. Each resource is assigned to perform a particular task. Sometimes the available resources are more but the task or load to be performed is less whereas sometimes it is completely opposite. In such scenarios when the load is more as compared to the available resources in the network it is known as congestion. Many times to control such congestion either load is decreased or resources are increased. But this does not work properly for the networks. Various techniques are used for congestion control.