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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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This element represents the amount of any measurement period adjustment (as defined) realized during the reporting period to items of consideration transferred in connection with a business combination for which the initial accounting was incomplete.

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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Other Acquisitions) (Details) (Details) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
	Nov. 10, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 18, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) acquisition	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill			$ 728	$ 420	$ 383
Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of intangibles			1 year
Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of intangibles			10 years
Equipment Provider
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gross purchase price of business		$ 22
Goodwill				6
Equipment Provider \| Technology-Based Intangible Assets
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				$ 12
Useful life of intangibles				5 years
Two Public Safety Software-Based Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gross purchase price of business				$ 50
Goodwill				31
Intangible assets				$ 22
Number of businesses acquired \| acquisition				2
Acquired liabilities				$ 3
Two Public Safety Software-Based Solutions \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of intangibles				5 years
Two Public Safety Software-Based Solutions \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of intangibles				10 years
Two Public Safety Software-Based Solutions \| Technology-Based Intangible Assets
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				$ 11
Two Public Safety Software-Based Solutions \| Customer Relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				8
Two Public Safety Software-Based Solutions \| Other Intangible Assets
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				$ 3
Spillman Technologies
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gross purchase price of business	$ 217
Goodwill	140
Intangible assets	115
Acquired liabilities	$ 38
Spillman Technologies \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of intangibles	7 years
Spillman Technologies \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of intangibles	10 years
Spillman Technologies \| Technology-Based Intangible Assets
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets	$ 49
Spillman Technologies \| Customer Relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets	59
Spillman Technologies \| Other Intangible Assets
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets	$ 7
Business Acquisitions of Software and Service-based Providers
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gross purchase price of business			$ 30
Goodwill			6
Intangible assets			15
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Tangible Assets			$ 9
Useful life of intangibles			5 years
Incomplete purchase accounting, consideration transferred			$ 11
Business Acquisitions of Software and Service-based Providers \| Technology-Based Intangible Assets
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets			7
Business Acquisitions of Software and Service-based Providers \| Customer Relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets			$ 8