| CPC H04W 76/18 (2018.02) [H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a network device, a context creation request based on a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request associated with establishing a PDU session with a user device;
generating, by the network device, a policy context request based on receiving the context creation request;
providing, by the network device, the policy context request to a policy control function;
receiving, by the network device, from the policy control function, and based on the policy context request, policy rules for the PDU session;
receiving, by the network device and from the policy control function, a terminate PDU session notification indicating that a binding support function is unreachable;
generating, by the network device and based on the terminate PDU session notification, a PDU session release command that includes a cause code indicating an issue with the binding support function and an instruction to not reinitiate the PDU session; and
causing, by the network device, the PDU session release command to be provided to the user device.
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