Systems and methods for providing quality assurance

Abstract

A network includes a media server and a service activation device. The media server may receive a request for content from a subscriber device and transmit a message. The message may identify the subscriber device and include information relating to the content. The service activation device may receive the message from the media server, identify, in response to receiving the message, bandwidth and quality of service requirements for the content, determine whether resources needed to provide the identified bandwidth and quality of service requirements exist, reserve the resources when the resources needed to provide the identified bandwidth and quality of service requirements exist, and transmit a second message to the media server in response to reserving the resources. The second message may cause the media server to provide the content to the subscriber device.

1 . A server comprising:
 first logic configured to receive a message identifying a subscriber device and including information relating to the content requested by the subscriber device; and   second logic configured to:
 determine whether adequate resources exist for providing the requested content to the subscriber device, and 
 reserve the resources when adequate resources are determined to exist. 
   
     
     
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