User equipment apparatus to provide seamless mobility in a network environment by implementing long-term evolution "LTE" to wireless local area network "WLAN" handover, the user equipment apparatus comprising: an antenna; and one or more computer processors configured to process data communicated with the antenna, wherein the user equipment apparatus is configured to: subsequent to receiving, in a first wireless network comprising an LTE network, an identification of a scheduling gap, measure a strength of a signal received from an access point in a second wireless network, comprising a WLAN, during the scheduling gap, the scheduling gap comprising a period during which LTE data transmissions are suspended; subsequent to determining that the measured strength of the signal exceeds a predefined threshold strength, select the access point from a plurality of access points having different measured signal strengths; transmit, via Radio Resource Control "RRC", a request in the LTE network, the request including a first identifier of the selected access point in the WLAN, wherein a tunnel is established from the LTE network to the WLAN, wherein a second identifier of the selected access point is transmitted over the tunnel, wherein the first and second identifiers comprise different identifiers; receive an association response of the WLAN, that is routed over the LTE network via RRC due to the apparatus having only one active radio frequency "RF" chip at a time, wherein the one active RF chip is tunable to cover two radio access technologies "RATs", wherein the request comprises a first Inter-RAT message, wherein the association response is included in a second Inter-RAT message; and access the WLAN responsive to receiving the association response and subsequent to performing an authentication for the WLAN via the LTE network. an antenna; and one or more computer processors configured to process data communicated with the antenna, wherein the user equipment apparatus is configured to: subsequent to receiving, in a first wireless network comprising an LTE network, an identification of a scheduling gap, measure a strength of a signal received from an access point in a second wireless network, comprising a WLAN, during the scheduling gap, the scheduling gap comprising a period during which LTE data transmissions are suspended; subsequent to determining that the measured strength of the signal exceeds a predefined threshold strength, select the access point from a plurality of access points having different measured signal strengths; transmit, via Radio Resource Control "RRC", a request in the LTE network, the request including a first identifier of the selected access point in the WLAN, wherein a tunnel is established from the LTE network to the WLAN, wherein a second identifier of the selected access point is transmitted over the tunnel, wherein the first and second identifiers comprise different identifiers; receive an association response of the WLAN, that is routed over the LTE network via RRC due to the apparatus having only one active radio frequency "RF" chip at a time, wherein the one active RF chip is tunable to cover two radio access technologies "RATs", wherein the request comprises a first Inter-RAT message, wherein the association response is included in a second Inter-RAT message; and access the WLAN responsive to receiving the association response and subsequent to performing an authentication for the WLAN via the LTE network. subsequent to receiving, in a first wireless network comprising an LTE network, an identification of a scheduling gap, measure a strength of a signal received from an access point in a second wireless network, comprising a WLAN, during the scheduling gap, the scheduling gap comprising a period during which LTE data transmissions are suspended; subsequent to determining that the measured strength of the signal exceeds a predefined threshold strength, select the access point from a plurality of access points having different measured signal strengths; transmit, via Radio Resource Control "RRC", a request in the LTE network, the request including a first identifier of the selected access point in the WLAN, wherein a tunnel is established from the LTE network to the WLAN, wherein a second identifier of the selected access point is transmitted over the tunnel, wherein the first and second identifiers comprise different identifiers; receive an association response of the WLAN, that is routed over the LTE network via RRC due to the apparatus having only one active radio frequency "RF" chip at a time, wherein the one active RF chip is tunable to cover two radio access technologies "RATs", wherein the request comprises a first Inter-RAT message, wherein the association response is included in a second Inter-RAT message; and access the WLAN responsive to receiving the association response and subsequent to performing an authentication for the WLAN via the LTE network.