Routing an IP session over WLAN

A network element for a communication network for routing a data packet of an Internet Protocol, IP, session to a radio device over a wireless local area network, WLAN, the IP session comprising at least one bearer, the network element comprising:

• processor circuitry;
• and
• a storage unit storing instructions that, when executed by the processor circuitry, cause the network element to:
• obtain a different identifier for each of the at least one bearer of the IP session, wherein each of the at least one bearer of the IP session is set up end-to-end between a packet data network, PDN, gateway, PGW, and the radio device;
• map downlink, DL, data packets of the IP session to the corresponding identifier for each of the at least one bearer of the IP session;
• and
• transmit each of the DL data packets on a bearer of the at least one bearer, together with the corresponding identifier for the bearer it has been mapped to, over the WLAN to the radio device.