UDP (like TCP) avoids IP fragmentation by relying on the Path MTU Discovery mechanism.Question 4Select one:TrueFalse

The statement "UDP (like TCP) avoids IP fragmentation by relying on the Path MTU Discovery mechanism" is True.

Explanation

UDP (User Datagram Protocol) and TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) are both transport layer protocols used in networking. One common issue in data transmission over IP networks is fragmentation, which occurs when packet sizes exceed the maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the network path. TCP uses Path MTU Discovery (PMTUD) to determine the maximum packet size that can be sent without fragmentation by sending packets of increasing sizes until it finds the largest size that can traverse the network without needing to be fragmented.

Similarly, while UDP is a connectionless protocol and does not have its own mechanism for controlling packet sizes like TCP does, it also typically takes advantage of the same PMTUD mechanism to avoid IP fragmentation. By discovering the MTU before sending data, both UDP and TCP can optimize the size of their packets, thus avoiding fragmentation at the IP layer. Therefore, the answer to the question is True.