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Easy · networking · Quant Developer interview question · udp, networking, mtu, fragmentation, ethernet, ipv4, hft-network
In high-frequency trading, minimizing latency is critical for market data processing and order execution. Network engineers must carefully manage User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packet sizes to avoid IP fragmentation, a process where packets exceeding the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) are split, drastically increasing latency. This problem involves calculating the total on-the-wire size of a UDP datagram to ensure it remains within network limits. Task Implement the function compute_udp_metrics(