A method to monitor and manage a wireless local area network, WLAN, access point, AP, in a WLAN network by a WLAN gateway (230, 240, 340) of a cellular network, the method comprising: receiving, by the WLAN gateway, a control-plane request from a core network function (220, 330) to report one or more parameters of the WLAN AP to the core network function; forwarding the control-plane request to the WLAN AP, the forwarding being effective to cause the WLAN AP to respond to the control-plane request; receiving a response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP; forwarding the response from the WLAN AP to the core network function; receiving, by the WLAN gateway, a control-plane command from the core network function to configure one or more settings of the WLAN AP; and forwarding the control-plane command to the WLAN AP that is effective to cause the WLAN AP to change the one or more settings of the WLAN AP based on the control-plane command, wherein: the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current radio frequency of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current radio frequency of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include an RF frequency or channel of the WLAN AP; the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current transmit power of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current transmit power of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include a transmit power of the WLAN AP; the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current transmit bandwidth of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current transmit bandwidth of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include a channel bandwidth of the WLAN AP; and/or the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current AP identity of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current AP identity of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include a Service Set Identifier, SSID, of the WLAN AP. receiving, by the WLAN gateway, a control-plane request from a core network function (220, 330) to report one or more parameters of the WLAN AP to the core network function; forwarding the control-plane request to the WLAN AP, the forwarding being effective to cause the WLAN AP to respond to the control-plane request; receiving a response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP; forwarding the response from the WLAN AP to the core network function; receiving, by the WLAN gateway, a control-plane command from the core network function to configure one or more settings of the WLAN AP; and forwarding the control-plane command to the WLAN AP that is effective to cause the WLAN AP to change the one or more settings of the WLAN AP based on the control-plane command, wherein: the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current radio frequency of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current radio frequency of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include an RF frequency or channel of the WLAN AP; the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current transmit power of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current transmit power of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include a transmit power of the WLAN AP; the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current transmit bandwidth of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current transmit bandwidth of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include a channel bandwidth of the WLAN AP; and/or the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current AP identity of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current AP identity of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include a Service Set Identifier, SSID, of the WLAN AP. the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current radio frequency of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current radio frequency of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include an RF frequency or channel of the WLAN AP; the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current transmit power of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current transmit power of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include a transmit power of the WLAN AP; the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current transmit bandwidth of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current transmit bandwidth of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include a channel bandwidth of the WLAN AP; and/or the one or more parameters of the WLAN AP include a current AP identity of the WLAN AP, the received response to the control-plane request from the WLAN AP includes the current AP identity of the WLAN AP, and the one or more settings include a Service Set Identifier, SSID, of the WLAN AP.