ACQUISITION OF IXIA Intangible assets acquired by class (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions |
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6 Months Ended |
Apr. 18, 2017 |
Apr. 30, 2017 |
| Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
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| Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired |
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$ 746
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| Ixia [Member] |
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| Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
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| Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired |
$ 679
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| Other intangible assets |
746
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| Ixia [Member] | Developed technology |
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| Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
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| Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired |
$ 421
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| Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life |
4 years
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| Ixia [Member] | Customer relationships |
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| Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
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| Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired |
$ 236
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| Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life |
7 years
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| Ixia [Member] | Trademarks and Trade Names [Member] |
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| Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
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| Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired |
$ 12
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| Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life |
3 years
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| Ixia [Member] | Backlog |
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| Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
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| Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired |
$ 10
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| Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life |
90 days
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| Ixia [Member] | In Process Research and Development [Member] |
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| Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
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| Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired |
$ 67
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