A system, comprising: a core network node comprising a control module , the control module configured to: receive, via a network and from a wireless access point that operatively couples a first client device to the network via a wireless link, a control packet comprising a configuration status request message defined based on a common control protocol and associated with at least one control function of the wireless access point, wherein the common control protocol is a Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points, CAPWAP, protocol, receive, via the network and from an access network node that operatively couples a second client device to the network via a wired link, a control packet comprising a configuration status request message defined based on the common control protocol and associated with at least one control function of the access network node, determine a status of the access network node based on the control packet comprising the configuration status request message from the access network node, the control module configured to send, via the network, a configuration status response to the access network node based on the status of the access network node, determine a status of the wireless access point based on the control packet comprising the configuration status request message from the wireless access point, the control module configured to send, via the network, a configuration status response to the wireless access point based on the status of the wireless access point, exchange a data packet and/or a control packet between the core network node and the wireless access point and/or the access network node via one or more common data tunnels, the common data tunnels configured to operate according to the common control protocol determined at least in part based on the control packet from the access network node, each common data tunnel including the core network node and one of the wireless access point and the access network node. receive, via a network and from a wireless access point that operatively couples a first client device to the network via a wireless link, a control packet comprising a configuration status request message defined based on a common control protocol and associated with at least one control function of the wireless access point, wherein the common control protocol is a Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points, CAPWAP, protocol, receive, via the network and from an access network node that operatively couples a second client device to the network via a wired link, a control packet comprising a configuration status request message defined based on the common control protocol and associated with at least one control function of the access network node, determine a status of the access network node based on the control packet comprising the configuration status request message from the access network node, the control module configured to send, via the network, a configuration status response to the access network node based on the status of the access network node, determine a status of the wireless access point based on the control packet comprising the configuration status request message from the wireless access point, the control module configured to send, via the network, a configuration status response to the wireless access point based on the status of the wireless access point, exchange a data packet and/or a control packet between the core network node and the wireless access point and/or the access network node via one or more common data tunnels, the common data tunnels configured to operate according to the common control protocol determined at least in part based on the control packet from the access network node, each common data tunnel including the core network node and one of the wireless access point and the access network node. <EOS>