US 12,356,483 B2
Systems and methods for preventing user device pinging in asynchronous communication mode
Lixia Yan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Violeta Cakulev, Milburn, NJ (US); Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US); and Robert Avanes, Roanoke, TX (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/066,824.
Prior Publication US 2024/0205999 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 76/18 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/18 (2018.02) [H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.