Enhancing route selection of optimized link state routing using a link probing tool

A system, comprising:

• a plurality of links in a communication network;
• an optimized link state routing (OLSR) platform comprising one or more processors provided with at least one active link of the plurality of links, wherein the OLSR platform includes an active link database;
• a dynamic controlling framework in communication with the OLSR platform, wherein the dynamic controlling framework is adapted to dynamically optimize existing routing decisions in the OLSR platform to favor active links in the active link database;
• and
• a link probing tool in logical communication with the OLSR platform, wherein the link probing tool is adapted to dynamically measure at least one of estimated bandwidth or latency of the active links in the active link database;
• wherein the dynamic controlling framework further comprises:
• at least one series of pings transmitted via the link probing tool to each active link in the active link database, wherein the link probing tool is adapted to dynamically acquire one of the estimated bandwidth and latency from measuring a round-trip time of the at least one series of pings sent to each active link;
• a second series of pings transmitted via the link probing tool to each active link in the active link database, wherein the link probing tool is adapted to dynamically acquire one of the estimated bandwidth and latency from measuring a second round-trip time of the second series of pings sent to each active link;
• and
• wherein each ping of the at least one series of pings is about 20 bytes in size for dynamically acquiring the estimated latency of each active link, and wherein each ping of the second series of pings is about 20 kilobytes in size for dynamically acquiring the estimated bandwidth of each active link.