Techniques for maintaining cellular access during impact events

A Network Provisioning Engine (NPE) node implemented in a network comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the NPE node to perform operations comprising:
• receiving an indication of an impact event that affects a geographic region;
• identifying a set of gateway devices associated with the geographic region;
• determining a set of impacted user equipment based on the set of gateway devices;
• receiving a deactivation request related to a user equipment;
• and
• upon determining that the user equipment is in the set of impacted user equipment, suppressing the deactivation request.

A system comprising:

• at least one core node;
• and
• a Network Provisioning Engine (NPE) node configured to:
• receive an indication of an impact event that affects a geographic region;
• identify a set of gateway devices associated with the geographic region;
• determine a set of impacted user equipment based on the set of gateway devices;
• receive a deactivation request related to a user equipment;
• and
• upon determining, by the NPE node, that the user equipment is in the set of impacted user equipment, suppress the deactivation request.