Intelligent dynamic route selection based on active probing of network operational characteristics

A system comprising:

• a probe device configured to actively probe for operational characteristics related to one or more network routes communicatively connected to a routing device;
• and
• a route optimization engine communicatively connected to the probe device and configured to receive data representing the operational characteristics and to determine a network route map for network traffic through the routing device based on the data.

A method for routing information on a network, the method comprising the steps of:

• actively probing a plurality of network routes to gather one or more network operational characteristics;
• and
• providing data representing the operational characteristics to a processor for processing the data and for building a network route map based on the data for routing information on the network.

An apparatus for building a network route map, the apparatus comprising:

• means for actively probing a plurality of network routes to gather one or more network operational characteristics;
• and
• means for building the network route map based on the operational characteristics that were gathered by the means for actively probing.

A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for building a network route map, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• actively probing a plurality of network routes to gather one or more network operational characteristics;
• and
• building the network route map based on the operational characteristics that were gathered by actively probing.

A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for routing information on a network, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• actively probing a plurality of network routes to gather one or more network operational characteristics;
• and
• providing data representing the operational characteristics to a processor for processing the data and for building a network route map based on the data for routing information of the network.