Network zone excess capacity utilization for network-connected vehicles and multi-participant extended reality experiences

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system including at least one processor, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• identifying a network zone with excess capacity, the network zone comprising a plurality of network components of a telecommunication network;
• transmitting an invitation to a set of entities to utilize the network zone to obtain at least one network service at a geographic location of the network zone;
• configuring at least one network component of the plurality of network components in accordance with an anticipated network demand from the set of entities;
• and
• providing the at least one network service to at least one entity of the set of entities via the network zone when the at least one entity is present at the geographic location of the network zone.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processing system including at least one processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• identifying a network zone with excess capacity, the network zone comprising a plurality of network components of a telecommunication network;
• transmitting an invitation to a set of entities to utilize the network zone to obtain at least one network service at a geographic location of the network zone;
• configuring at least one network component of the plurality of network components in accordance with an anticipated network demand from the set of entities;
• and
• providing the at least one network service to at least one entity of the set of entities via the network zone when the at least one entity is present at the geographic location of the network zone.