The present disclosure relates to methods supporting enhanced scheduling of IP data packets originating from different radio access technologies. One aspect is a method in a node in a radio access network, said node comprising one or more radio access technology circuitry, each radio access technology circuitry serving data packet traffic according to a certain radio access technology, said method comprising marking the header of IP data packets with an identification code indicating which radio access technology that the data packets originated from, and a common Quality of Service class regardless of which radio access technology each data packet originated from and sending the data packets via a common secure tunnel. Another aspect is a method in a node comprising routing or switching functionality, the method comprising scheduling and forwarding the IP data packets according their radio access technology identification code using a preset radio access technology scheduling policy.
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