Method and system of planning a wireless telecommunication network

A system, comprising:

• (a) at least one low-cost Internet base station (LCIB), operating in a building, each LCIB comprising:
• an LCIB wireless-communication interface, an LCIB packet-communication interface, LCIB data storage, an LCIB processor, and machine-language instructions stored in the LCIB data storage and executable by the LCIB processor to perform functions including:
• detecting one or more signals from at least one macro base station via the LCIB wireless-communication interface, determining at least one signal-strength value for each of the one or more detected signals, and sending the at least one signal-strength value via the LCIB packet-communication interface to at least one network entity;
• (b) at least one network-planning server (NPS), each NPS comprising an NPS communication interface, NPS data storage, an NPS processor, and machine-language instructions stored in the NPS data storage and executable by the NPS processor to perform functions including:
• receiving the at least one signal-strength value from the at least one LCIB, storing the received at least one signal-strength value in the NPS data storage, and sending the at least one stored signal-strength value to at least one network entity;
• and
• (c) at least one network-optimization director (NOD), each NOD comprising:
• a NOD communication interface, NOD data storage, a NOD processor, and machine-language instructions stored in the NOD data storage and executable by the NOD processor to perform functions including:
• receiving the at least one signal-strength value via the NOD communication interface, generating at least one network-planning direction based, at least in part, on the at least one received signal-strength value, and outputting the at least one network-planning direction.