An apparatus, comprising: a wireless access point (251, 300) including a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the wireless access point (251, 300) configured to be operatively coupled to a user communication device (281, 291) and a core network node that is operatively coupled to a plurality of wired network nodes (231, 241, 243), the wireless access point (251, 300), when operating, forwarding a tunneled packet associated with a wireless session from the user communication device (281, 291) to the core network node such that a controller of the core network node manages the wireless session and a wired session associated with at least one wired network node from the plurality of wired network nodes (231, 241, 243), the core network node being a switching device, wherein the forwarding the tunneled packet includes forwarding the tunneled packet through an intervening at least one wired network node (231, 241) from the plurality of wired network nodes (231, 241, 243), the wireless session associated with the user communication device (281, 291) at a first time, the wired session associated with the user communication device at a second time, and the controller configured to apply a common user policy to the wired session and the wireless session, wherein the common user policy for the user communication device (281, 291) is enforced at the core network node and at the wireless access point (251, 300) for the wireless session, and at the core network node and at the at least one wired network node for the wired session, and wherein the common user policy is not enforced at the intervening at least one wired network node (231, 241). a wireless access point (251, 300) including a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the wireless access point (251, 300) configured to be operatively coupled to a user communication device (281, 291) and a core network node that is operatively coupled to a plurality of wired network nodes (231, 241, 243), the wireless access point (251, 300), when operating, forwarding a tunneled packet associated with a wireless session from the user communication device (281, 291) to the core network node such that a controller of the core network node manages the wireless session and a wired session associated with at least one wired network node from the plurality of wired network nodes (231, 241, 243), the core network node being a switching device, wherein the forwarding the tunneled packet includes forwarding the tunneled packet through an intervening at least one wired network node (231, 241) from the plurality of wired network nodes (231, 241, 243), the wireless session associated with the user communication device (281, 291) at a first time, the wired session associated with the user communication device at a second time, and the controller configured to apply a common user policy to the wired session and the wireless session, wherein the common user policy for the user communication device (281, 291) is enforced at the core network node and at the wireless access point (251, 300) for the wireless session, and at the core network node and at the at least one wired network node for the wired session, and wherein the common user policy is not enforced at the intervening at least one wired network node (231, 241).