GlobalTech, a multinational corporation, is experiencing issues with its intercontinental data transfers between its New York and Tokyo offices. The company needs to ensure reliable, efficient, and secure data transmission across potentially unreliable network paths.

Consider the following scenario based on the TCP$/$IP model and packet switching concept:

A $100$ MB file needs to be sent from New York to Tokyo.

The file is broken into $1000$ packets of $100$ KB each.

The network between New York and Tokyo has multiple paths, some of which may experience intermittent failures.

Some packets may be lost or corrupted during transmission.

Which of the following statements MOST accurately describes how TCP$/$IP and packet switching would handle this situation?

Each packet will be sent independently and may take different routes, with TCP ensuring all packets are received and reassembled correctly, requesting retransmission of only lost or corrupted packets.

Packets will be grouped and sent in batches along multiple paths simultaneously, with each batch containing redundant data to compensate for potential packet loss.

All packets will follow the same predetermined path to ensure they arrive in the correct order, with the entire file resent if any packet is lost.

The file will be sent as a continuous stream of data along the fastest available path, with error checking performed only at the destination to minimize transmission time.