Which OSPF database packet determines which router is in charge of the database synchronization and...

the Database Description (DD) packets serve two main purposes:

1. determinining which router is in charge of the database synchronization

2. tansferring the LSA headers between the two systems

The Database Description (DBD) OSPF packet is used during the adjacency formation process to describe the contents of the topological database between routers. The routers exchange DBD packets to determine the master and slave relationship, which dictates the router in charge of the database synchronization.