Video quality monitoring in a network environment

A system comprising:

• a monitor resource operative to:
• monitor communications associated with conveyance of video content transmitted over a shared communication link between a content distribution resource and a communication device, the communication device individually requesting segments of the content from a manifest file;
• analyze attributes associated with transmitting the segments of video content over the shared communication link as indicated by the monitored communications, the analysis including comparison of adaptive bit rates at which the segments of video content are requested for retrieval by the communication device to a threshold value;
• and
• based on the attributes associated with transmitting the video content over the shared communication link, generate a report indicating a quality status of the shared communication link conveying the individually requested segments of video content as indicated by the manifest file, the report indicating that a portion of the adaptive bit rates at which the segments of video content are requested for retrieval by the communication device fall below the threshold value.

Computer-readable storage hardware having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when carried out by computer processor hardware, cause the computer processor hardware to:

• monitor communications associated with conveyance of video content transmitted over a shared communication link between a content distribution resource and a communication device, the communication device individually requesting segments of the video content as indicated by a manifest file;
• analyze attributes associated with transmitting the segments of video content over the shared communication link as indicated by the monitored communications, the analysis including comparison of adaptive bit rates at which the segments of video content are requested for retrieval by the communication device to a threshold value;
• and
• based on the attributes associated with transmitting the video content over the shared communication link, generate a report indicating a quality status of the shared communication link conveying the individually requested segments of video content as indicated by the manifest file, the report indicating that a portion of the adaptive bit rates at which the segments of video content are requested for retrieval by the communication device fall below the threshold value.