Extended quality of service class identifier (qci) masking

A communication network comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory, communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
• a mobility management entity stored in the memory and executed on the processor, the mobility management entity configured to:
• maintain a mapping between extended quality of service (QoS) class identifier (QCI) values and standard QCI values;
• receive, from a user device, a request to attach and activate a session with the communication network;
• and
• in response to receiving the request:
• determine an extended QCI value associated with a subscriber account associated with the user device;
• determine a standard QCI value that is mapped to the extended QCI value associated with the subscriber account associated with the user device;
• establish a session between the user device and the communication network, wherein:
• within the communication network, the session is associated with the extended QCI value associated with the subscriber account associated with the user device;
• and
• within the user device, the session is associated with the standard QCI value that is mapped to the extended QCI value associated with the subscriber account associated with the user device.

One or more non-transitory computer storage media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving from a user device, a request to attach and activate a session with a communication network;
• determining a subscriber account associated with the user device;
• determining an extended quality of service class identifier (QCI) value associated with the subscriber account;
• determining a standard QCI value that is mapped to the extended QCI value that is associated with the subscriber account;
• and
• establishing a communication session between the user device and the communication network, wherein:
• a message from the communication network to the user device includes the standard QCI value;
• and
• components of the communication network prioritize service for the session based on the extended QCI value.