Systems and methods for enabling an alternate quality of service for non-guaranteed bit rate flows

A network device, comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• establish a policy control session with a policy control function;
• receive a protocol data unit (PDU) session create message associated with establishing a PDU session with a user device and via a radio access network (RAN);
• receive a first fifth-generation quality of service identifier (5QI) value and a second 5QI value associated with the PDU session;
• attempt to establish the PDU session with the first 5QI value and via the RAN;
• receive an indication that the first 5QI value is not supported for establishing the PDU session;
• cause the PDU session to be established with the second 5QI value, and via the RAN, based on the indication that the first 5QI value is not supported for establishing the PDU session;
• and
• provide, to the policy control function and via the policy control session, a quality of service update for the PDU session.

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 network device, cause the network device to:
• receive a protocol data unit (PDU) session create message associated with establishing a PDU session with a user device and via a radio access network (RAN);
• receive a first fifth-generation quality of service identifier (5QI) value and a second 5QI value associated with the PDU session,
• wherein quality of service characteristics associated with the first 5QI value are more stringent than quality of service characteristics associated with the second 5QI value;
• attempt to establish the PDU session with the first 5QI value and via the RAN;
• receive an indication that the first 5QI value is not supported for establishing the PDU session;
• and
• cause the PDU session to be established with the second 5QI value, and via the RAN, based on the indication that the first 5QI value is not supported for establishing the PDU session.