A key promise of 5G Standalone (SA) and core is to enable full network slicing, including support for multiple service level agreements (SLAs), with varying bit-rates and latencies, within a single network. This capability has just been demonstrated in two trials involving top tier operators and vendors. , One, involving Samsung and Japanese operator KDDI took place in Q4 2022 and claimed success in demonstrating SLA assurance network slicing in Tokyo, Japan. The other trial featured Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson and Qualcomm at the former’s campus in Bonn, Germany, demonstrating how a priority scheduling mechanism enabled network slicing with variable QoS over a network combining millimeter wave and midband frequencies. The two trials therefore exhibited different aspects of network slicing-based assurance.…