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Costs Associated with Exit and Restructuring (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Summary of Exit and Restructuring Costs Incurred | The Company incurred total exit and restructuring costs as follows (in millions):
Type of Cost |  | Cumulative costs incurred through December 31, 2017 |  | Costs incurred for the year ended December 31, 2017 |  | Cumulative costs incurred through December 31, 2016
Severance, stay bonuses, and other employee-related expenses |  | $ | 69 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 54 |
Obligations for future lease payments |  | 12 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 11 |
Total |  | $ | 81 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 65 |
Rollforward of Exit and Restructuring Accruals | A rollforward of the exit and restructuring accruals is as follows (in millions):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 15 |
Charged to earnings | 16 |  |  | 19 |
Cash paid | (18 | ) |  | (22 | )
WLAN Divestiture | — |  |  | (2 | )
Balance at the end of year | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 10 |
Schedule of Liabilities Related to Exit and Restructuring Activities Included in Consolidated Balance Sheets | Liabilities related to exit and restructuring activities are included in the following reported financial statement line items in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Accrued liabilities | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 7 |
Other long-term liabilities | 2 |  |  | 3 |
Total liabilities related to exit and restructuring activities | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 10 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of costs incurred for restructuring including, but not limited to, exit and disposal activities, remediation, implementation, integration, asset impairment, and charges against earnings from the write-down of assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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