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When reviewing your site's SLEs, you notice a significantly high percentage of Asymmetry Uplink errors.
What do these errors indicate?
A high percentage of Asymmetry Uplink errors indicates coverage holes caused by asymmetric uplink strength between the AP and client devices. According to Juniper Mist's official documentation: 'Asymmetry Uplink---Clients received a weak signal due to asymmetric uplink strength between the AP and the client device. (Uplink traffic is the traffic going from the client to the AP, and then to the Internet.) Asymmetry can occur for various reasons, such as clients being too far from the AP.' This generally means that clients are physically located at a distance or behind obstacles (such as walls), causing the AP to detect weak signals from those clients. Coverage holes arise when APs are placed such that some areas have insufficient RF coverage, and the low-powered client devices cannot maintain reliable communication with the AP---even though the AP, with its higher transmit power, might hear the client, the client cannot send strong enough signals back. The SLE classifier is designed to highlight such areas for remediation, prompting network admins to review and enhance AP placement or signal thresholds.
Juniper Mist Wireless Coverage SLE Documentation; Service Level Expectations Overview; Wireless Assurance Configuration Guide