Systems and methods for preventing abuse of traffic categories and network slices by applications

A user device, comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• receive a traffic category and/or slice usage policy;
• provide a request for an application;
• receive, based on the request, the application with a traffic category and/or slice usage requirement;
• install the application on the user device;
• display information identifying traffic categories and/or slices to be utilized for the application and a link to subscribe to the traffic categories and/or slices;
• provide, to an operating system of the user device, a connection request for a particular traffic category and/or slice;
• determine whether the application is approved for the particular traffic category and/or slice based on approval to utilize the traffic categories and/or slices and based on the traffic category and/or slice usage policy;
• provide, to a modem of the user device, the connection request and traffic descriptors for the particular traffic category and/or slice based on the application being approved for the particular traffic category and/or slice;
• establish a protocol data unit session, for the application, utilizing the particular traffic category and/or slice;
• and
• notify the operating system that a connection is granted utilizing the particular traffic category and/or slice.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user device, cause the user device to:
• receive a traffic category and/or slice usage policy;
• store an application with a traffic category and/or slice usage requirement;
• receive approval to utilize traffic categories and/or slices;
• provide, to an operating system of the user device, a connection request for a particular traffic category and/or slice;
• determine whether the application is approved for the particular traffic category and/or slice based on the approval to utilize the traffic categories and/or slices and based on the traffic category and/or slice usage policy;
• provide, to a modem of the user device, the connection request and traffic descriptors for the particular traffic category and/or slice based on the application being approved for the particular traffic category and/or slice;
• and
• establish a protocol data unit session, for the application, utilizing the particular traffic category and/or slice.