Default data session for a wireless communication network

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• generating, by a policy engine of a wireless communication network, a status request message to include a service identifier of a subscriber of the wireless communication network, wherein the status request message is a request for a status of a counter associated with the service identifier;
• sending the status request message to a charging engine of the wireless communication network;
• receiving a response message from the charging engine in response to sending the status request message;
• determining whether the response message includes nominal data;
• determining a default policy for a service level associated with the subscriber of the wireless communication network;
• and
• implementing the default policy for allowing a default data session between a user device associated with the service identifier and the wireless communication network in response to determining that the response message includes the nominal data.

One or more computing devices of a wireless communication network, the one or more computing devices comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory having instructions stored therein, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
• maintaining, at a charging engine of the wireless communication network, a data store that includes at least one counter and a corresponding at least one service identifier of one or more subscribers of the wireless communication network, wherein maintaining the data store includes updating the at least one counter based on at least one data profile associated with the at least one service identifier;
• obtaining, at a policy engine of the wireless communication network, a data profile and a corresponding service identifier of a subscriber of the wireless communication network, wherein the policy engine is configured to implement a policy for establishing a data session between the wireless communication network and a user device associated with the service identifier based on:
• (1) the data profile and (2) a status of a counter associated with the service identifier;
• generating, by the policy engine, a status request message to include the service identifier, wherein the status request message is a request for the status of the counter;
• sending the status request message to the charging engine;
• receiving the status request message at the charging engine;
• determining whether the service identifier is included in the data store in response to receiving the status request message;
• generating, by the charging engine, a default response message in response to determining that the service identifier is not included in the data store, wherein the default response message includes nominal data;
• sending the default response message to the policy engine;
• receiving the default response message from the charging engine;
• determining, by the policy engine, whether the default response message includes the nominal data;
• and
• implementing, by the policy engine, a default policy for allowing a default data session between the user device and the wireless communication network in response to determining that the default response message includes the nominal data, wherein the default policy is determined for a service level associated with the one or more subscribers of the wireless communication network.