System and method for transferring data on a network using a single route optimizer to define an explicit route and transfer the information related to the explicit route to a plurality of routers and a plurality of optimized routers on the network

1. A digital data network for transferring data, comprising:

a plurality of routers connected on the network;

at least one probe node connected to at least one of the plurality of routers;

a plurality of optimized routers connected on the network; and

a single route optimizer connected to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers, the single route optimizer receiving information related to network congestion from the plurality of optimized routers and the at least one probe node, and, using traffic smoothing characteristics of high bandwidth channels and the information related to network congestion, (i) defining a route on the network for forwarding the data, and (ii) transferring information related to the defined route to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers, wherein:

the single route optimizer has global control over the network such that the single route optimizer completely defines the route independent of any computations of routes by the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers, such that the defined route transferred by the single route optimizer to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers is an explicit route, therefore eliminating the need for hardware traffic management within the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers to compute the explicit route, and

the information related to network congestion from the plurality of optimized routers comprises queue length of queues in the plurality of optimized routers.

2. The digital data network of claim 1 , wherein each at the plurality of optimized routers comprises a queue for queuing the data, the queue queuing the data for no more than 1 millisecond.

3. The digital data network of claim 1 , wherein the network transfers data at 40 Gb/sec or higher.

4. The digital data network of claim 1 , wherein the network transfers data at 160 Gb/sec or higher.

5. The digital data network of claim 1 , wherein the digital data network comprises at least a portion of the Internet.

6. The digital data network of claim 1 , wherein the digital data network comprises no portion of the Internet.

7. A method of transferring data on a digital data network, comprising:

connecting a plurality of routers on the network;

connecting at least one probe node to at least one of the plurality of routers;

connecting a plurality of optimized routers on the network; and

connecting a single route optimizer to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers the single route optimizer receiving information related to network congestion from the plurality of optimized routers and the at least one probe node, and, using traffic smoothing characteristics of high bandwidth channels and the information related to network congestion, (i) defining a route on the network for forwarding the data, and (ii) transferring information related to the defined route to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers, wherein:

the single route optimizer has global control over the network such that the single route optimizer completely defines the route independent of any computations of routes by the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers, such that the defined route transferred by the single route optimizer to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers is an explicit route, therefore eliminating the need for hardware traffic management within the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers to compute the explicit route, and

the information related to network congestion received from the plurality of optimized routers comprises queue length of queues in the plurality of optimized routers.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of optimized routers comprises a queue for queuing the data, the queue queuing the data for no more than 1 millisecond.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the network transfers data at 40 Gb/sec or higher.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the network transfers data at 160 Gb/sec or higher.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the digital data network comprises at least a portion of the Internet.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the digital data network comprises no portion of the Internet.

13. A digital data network for transferring data, comprising:

a plurality of routers connected on the network;

a plurality of optimized routers connected on the network; and

a single route optimizer connected to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers, the single route optimizer receiving the data to forward the data on the network, each of the optimized routers comprising a queue for queuing the data and using traffic smoothing characteristics of high bandwidth channels, the queues queuing the data for no more than 1 millisecond, wherein:

the single route optimizer receives information related to network congestion from the plurality of optimized routers, defines a route on the network for forwarding the data, and transfers information related to the defined route to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers,

the single route optimizer has global control over the network such that the single route optimizer completely defines the route independent of any computations of routes by the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers, such that the defined route transferred by route optimizer to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers is an explicit route, therefore eliminating the need for hardware traffic management within the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers to compute the explicit route, and

the information related to network congestion from the plurality of optimized routers comprises queue length of the queues in the plurality of optimized routers.

14. The digital data network of claim 13 , wherein the network transfers data at 40 Gb/sec or higher.

15. The digital data network of claim 13 , wherein the network transfers data at 160 Gb/sec or higher.

16. The digital data network of claim 13 , wherein the digital data network comprises at least a portion of the Internet.

17. The digital data network of claim 13 , wherein the digital data network comprises no portion of the Internet.

18. A method of transferring data on a digital data network, comprising:

connecting a plurality of routers on the network;

connecting a plurality of optimized routers on the network;

connecting a single route optimizer to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers, the single route optimizer receiving the data to forward the data on the network, each at the optimized routers comprising a queue for queuing the data, using traffic smoothing characteristics of high bandwidth channels, the queues queuing the data for no more than 1 millisecond, wherein:

the single route optimizer receives information related to network congestion from the plurality of optimized routers, defines a route on the network for forwarding the data, and transfers information related to the defined route to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers,

the single route optimizer has global control over the network such that the single route optimizer completely defines the route independent of any computations of routes by the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers, such that the defined route transferred by the single route optimizer to the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers is an explicit route, therefore eliminating the need for hardware traffic management within the plurality of routers and the plurality of optimized routers to compute the explicit route, and

the information related to network congestion received from the plurality of optimized routers comprises queue length of queues in the plurality of optimized routers.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the network transfers data at 40 Gb/sec or higher.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the network transfers data at 160 Gb/sec or higher.

21. The method of claim 18 , wherein the digital data network comprises at least a portion of the Internet.

22. The method of claim 18 , wherein the digital data network comprises no portion of the Internet.