Dynamically allowing traffic flow through a firewall to allow an application server device to perform mobile-terminated communications

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

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• provide, to a device, a flow control request for user equipment (UE) that is registered for an internet protocol (IP) pinhole service;
• receive, from the device, a flow control response that includes at least one of:
• IP address information,
• port information, or
• one or more pinhole rules;
• update, based on the flow control response, a configuration of a firewall to create a pinhole;
• provide, to the device and based on updating the configuration, an indication that the IP pinhole service is active;
• receive, from an application server device, network traffic that is associated with at least one of:
• a public IP address, or
• a public port identifier;
• translate at least one of:
• the public IP address to the private IP address associated with the UE, or the public port identifier to the private port identifier associated with the UE;
• and
• allow the network traffic through the firewall based on the pinhole and at least one of:
• the private IP address, or
• the private port identifier.

A method, comprising:

• providing, by a first device and to a second device, a flow control request for user equipment (UE) that is registered for an internet protocol (IP) pinhole service;
• receiving, by the first device and from the second device, a flow control response that includes at least one of:
• IP address information,
• port information, or
• one or more pinhole rules;
• updating, by the first device and based on the flow control response, a configuration of a firewall to create a pinhole;
• providing, by the first device and to the second device and based on updating the configuration, an indication that the IP pinhole service is active;
• receiving, by the first device and from an application server device, network traffic that is associated with at least one of:
• a public IP address, or
• a public port identifier;
• translating, by the first device, at least one of:
• the public IP address to the private IP address associated with the UE, or the public port identifier to the private port identifier associated with the UE;
• and
• allowing, by the first device, the network traffic through the firewall based on the pinhole and at least one of:
• the private IP address, or
• the private port identifier.