A user equipment -UE- comprising: means arranged to communicate via an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network -EUTRAN-; additional means arranged to communicate via a wireless local area network -WLAN-; means arranged to: receive, in a broadcast system information block or a radio resource control -RRC-connection reconfiguration message dedicated to the UE, radio access network -RAN-assistance parameters for access network selection and traffic steering between the EUTRAN and the WLAN, the RAN assistance parameters to include: a WLAN identifier that corresponds to the WLAN; a beacon received strength indicator -RSSI- threshold; a WLAN channel utilization threshold; a backhaul available downlink bandwidth threshold; a backhaul available uplink bandwidth threshold; and a reference signal received power -RSRP- threshold or a reference signal received quality -RSRQ- threshold; determine that a plurality of steering conditions are satisfied for a predetermined time interval, the plurality of steering conditions to include -1- a measured RSRP of the EUTRAN being less than the RSRP threshold or a measured RSRQ of the EUTRAN being less than the RSRQ threshold, and -2- a WLAN channel utilization value being less than the WLAN channel utilization threshold; a backhaul available downlink bandwidth being greater than the backhaul available downlink bandwidth threshold; a backhaul available uplink bandwidth being greater than the backhaul available uplink bandwidth threshold; and an RSSI measured on a beacon of the WLAN being greater than the beacon RSSI threshold; and steer traffic to the WLAN via the means arranged to communicate via the WLAN based on said determination that the plurality of steering conditions are satisfied for the predetermined time interval. means arranged to communicate via an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network -EUTRAN-; additional means arranged to communicate via a wireless local area network -WLAN-; means arranged to: receive, in a broadcast system information block or a radio resource control -RRC-connection reconfiguration message dedicated to the UE, radio access network -RAN-assistance parameters for access network selection and traffic steering between the EUTRAN and the WLAN, the RAN assistance parameters to include: a WLAN identifier that corresponds to the WLAN; a beacon received strength indicator -RSSI- threshold; a WLAN channel utilization threshold; a backhaul available downlink bandwidth threshold; a backhaul available uplink bandwidth threshold; and a reference signal received power -RSRP- threshold or a reference signal received quality -RSRQ- threshold; determine that a plurality of steering conditions are satisfied for a predetermined time interval, the plurality of steering conditions to include -1- a measured RSRP of the EUTRAN being less than the RSRP threshold or a measured RSRQ of the EUTRAN being less than the RSRQ threshold, and -2- a WLAN channel utilization value being less than the WLAN channel utilization threshold; a backhaul available downlink bandwidth being greater than the backhaul available downlink bandwidth threshold; a backhaul available uplink bandwidth being greater than the backhaul available uplink bandwidth threshold; and an RSSI measured on a beacon of the WLAN being greater than the beacon RSSI threshold; and steer traffic to the WLAN via the means arranged to communicate via the WLAN based on said determination that the plurality of steering conditions are satisfied for the predetermined time interval. receive, in a broadcast system information block or a radio resource control -RRC-connection reconfiguration message dedicated to the UE, radio access network -RAN-assistance parameters for access network selection and traffic steering between the EUTRAN and the WLAN, the RAN assistance parameters to include: a WLAN identifier that corresponds to the WLAN; a beacon received strength indicator -RSSI- threshold; a WLAN channel utilization threshold; a backhaul available downlink bandwidth threshold; a backhaul available uplink bandwidth threshold; and a reference signal received power -RSRP- threshold or a reference signal received quality -RSRQ- threshold; determine that a plurality of steering conditions are satisfied for a predetermined time interval, the plurality of steering conditions to include -1- a measured RSRP of the EUTRAN being less than the RSRP threshold or a measured RSRQ of the EUTRAN being less than the RSRQ threshold, and -2- a WLAN channel utilization value being less than the WLAN channel utilization threshold; a backhaul available downlink bandwidth being greater than the backhaul available downlink bandwidth threshold; a backhaul available uplink bandwidth being greater than the backhaul available uplink bandwidth threshold; and an RSSI measured on a beacon of the WLAN being greater than the beacon RSSI threshold; and steer traffic to the WLAN via the means arranged to communicate via the WLAN based on said determination that the plurality of steering conditions are satisfied for the predetermined time interval.