Collecting client data for wireless client devices

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a network management system (NMS), access point (AP)-side data collected by a plurality of AP devices configured to provide a wireless network at a site;
• receiving, by the NMS and directly from each of a plurality of client devices that access the wireless network via one or more of the AP devices, client-side data comprising telemetry data collected by each of the plurality of client devices,
• for each client device of the plurality of client devices:
• obtaining, by the NMS and based on an identifier for a location application executing on the client device, a device identifier of the client device from a particular AP device to which the client device is connected to correlate the client-side data with the device identifier of the client device;
• identifying, based on the correlation with the device identifier of the client device, AP-side data associated with the device identifier as AP-side data for the client device;
• associating, based on the device identifier, the client-side data for the client device and the AP-side data for the client device,
• analyzing the client-side data and in-the AP-side data for the client device to detect a wireless issue;
• and outputting, by the NMS, a notification including an indication of the wireless issue.

A network management system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the network management system to:
• receive client-side data directly from each of a plurality of client devices that access the wireless network via one or more of the AP devices, wherein the client-side data comprises telemetry data collected by each of the plurality client devices;
• for each client device of the plurality of client devices:
• obtain based on an identifier for a location application executing on the client device, the client-side data with a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the client device;
• identify, based on the correlation with the MAC address of the client device, AP-side data associated with the MAC address as AP-side data for the client device;
• associate, based on the MAC address, the client-side data for the client device and the AP-side data for the client device;
• analyze the client-side data and the AP-side data for the client device to detect a wireless issue;
• and output a notification including an indication of the wireless issue.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a computing system to:

• receive access point (AP)-side data collected by plurality of AP devices configured to provide a wireless network at a site;
• receive, directly from each of a plurality of client devices that access the wireless network via one or more of the plurality of AP devices, client-side data comprising telemetry data collected by each of the plurality of client devices;
• for each client device of the plurality of client devices:
• obtain, based on an identifier for a location application executing on the client device, a device identifier of the client device from a particular AP device to which the client device is connected to correlate the client-side data with the device identifier of the client device;
• identify, based on the correlation with the device identifier of the client device, AP-side data associated with the device identifier as AP-side data for the client device;
• associate, based on the device identifier, the client-side data for the client device and the AP-side data for the client device;
• analyze the client-side data and the AP-side data for the client device to detect a wireless issue;
• and output a notification including an indication of the wireless issue.