Dynamic network slice-switching and handover system and method

A method, comprising:

• participating, by a processing system including processor, in a mobile service by a first portion of a wireless network operating within a first radio frequency spectrum, wherein the mobile service comprises control operations and data forwarding operations of the first portion of the wireless network, wherein the control operations are separate from the data forwarding operations and configured to facilitate a forwarding of user data via the data forwarding operations;
• identifying, by the processing system, a second portion of the wireless network operating within a second radio frequency spectrum, wherein the first radio frequency spectrum comprises one of a managed frequency spectrum and an un-managed frequency spectrum, and wherein the second radio frequency spectrum comprises a different one of the managed frequency spectrum and the un-managed frequency spectrum;
• requesting, by the processing system, via the control operations and without interrupting the forwarding of the user data via the data forwarding operations of the first portion of the wireless network, that the participating in the mobile service be transferred to the second portion of the wireless network;
• receiving, by the processing system, a response to the request via the control operations without interrupting the forwarding of the user data via the data forwarding operations of the first portion of the wireless network;
• and
• responsive to the response indicating that second portion of the wireless network has been configured to accommodate a redirection of the forwarding of the user data via the data forwarding operations from the first portion of the wireless network to the second portion of the wireless network, facilitating, by the processing system, the redirection of the forwarding of the user data via the data forwarding operations to the second portion of the wireless network.

A machine-readable storage device, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• accessing a network service by a first portion of a network operating within a first wireless spectral region, wherein the network service comprises control operations and data forwarding operations of the first portion of the network, wherein the control operations are separate from the data forwarding operations and configured to facilitate a forwarding of user data via the data forwarding operations;
• identifying a second portion of the network operating within a second wireless spectral region, wherein the first wireless spectral region comprises one of a managed wireless spectral region and an un-managed wireless spectral region, and wherein the second wireless spectral region comprises a different one of the managed wireless spectral region and the un-managed wireless spectral region;
• requesting via the control operations and without interrupting the forwarding of the user data via the data forwarding operations of the first portion of the network, that the accessing of the network service be transferred to the second portion of the network;
• detecting a response to the request via the control operations without interrupting the forwarding of the user data via the data forwarding operations of the first portion of the network;
• and
• responsive to the response indicating that second portion of the network has been configured to accommodate a redirection of the forwarding of the user data via the data forwarding operations from the first portion of the network to the second portion of the network, facilitating the redirection of the forwarding of the user data via the data forwarding operations to the second portion of the network.