diff --git a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fca4bf41dd3cf060a04841e51300f29feafdf7b..0887dfcd667944b1dff8f29f40da85afe6e8f28d 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -186,7 +186,10 @@ add_boolean_option(MSG_PRINT  False "print debug messages")
 add_boolean_option(DISABLE_XER_PRINT False "print XER Format")
 add_boolean_option(XER_PRINT False "print XER Format")
 add_boolean_option(RRC_MSG_PRINT False "print RRC messages")
-add_boolean_option(PDCP_MSG_PRINT False "print PDCP messages")
+add_boolean_option(PDCP_MSG_PRINT False "print PDCP messages to /tmp/pdcp.log")
+add_boolean_option(DEBUG_PDCP_PAYLOAD False "print PDCP PDU to stdout")  # if true, make sure that global and PDCP log levels are trace 
+add_boolean_option(DEBUG_MAC_INTERFACE False "print MAC-RLC PDU exchange to stdout") # if true, make sure that global and PDCP log levels are trace 
+add_boolean_option(TRACE_RLC_PAYLOAD False "print RLC PDU to stdout") # if true, make sure that global and PDCP log levels are trace 
 add_boolean_option(TEST_OMG False "???")
 add_boolean_option(DEBUG_OMG False "???")
 add_boolean_option(XFORMS False "This adds the possibility to see the signal oscilloscope")
@@ -2085,3 +2088,37 @@ ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(oarf
    DEPENDS ${OCT_FILES}
 )
  
+#CMAKE INSTALL and CPACK
+
+#INSTALL(PROGRAMS lte-softmodem ${OPENAIR_DIR}/targets DESTINATION bin)
+#INSTALL(PROGRAMS oaisim ${OPENAIR_DIR}/targets DESTINATION bin)
+
+
+#SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "OpenAirInterface")
+#SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Eurecom")
+#SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${OPENAIR_DIR}/README.txt")
+#SET(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${OPENAIR_DIR}/COPYING")
+#SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
+#SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "1")
+#SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "1")
+
+#SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "CMake ${CMake_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CMake_VERSION_MINOR}")
+#SET(CPACK_STRIP_FILES "${OPENAIR_TARGETS}/bin")
+#SET(CPACK_SOURCE_STRIP_FILES "")
+
+##debian specific 
+#SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_NAME "OAI") 
+#SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_VERSION "${CMake_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CMake_VERSION_MINOR}")
+##dpkg --print-architecture (do not use i686
+#SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE "amd64")
+
+#SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libc6 (>= 2.3.1-6), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4.2-12)")
+#SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libpthread.so.0  libm.so.6 libconfig.so.9 librt.so.1 libcrypt.so.1 libcrypto.so.1.0.0  libnettle.so.4 libsctp.so.1 libc.so.6")
+#SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "EURECOM-OSA")
+
+#SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES "lte-softmodem" "mme_gw.Rel10" "openair-hss")
+
+#SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "OpenAirInterface")
+#SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_Section "Beta-Release")
+
+#INCLUDE(CPack)
diff --git a/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc.c b/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc.c
index 04610169d3e18b2a01ea8c74c1d9f65203b9129b..67c8803c93ceb4308cdd8f0040ed8078bb649d03 100644
--- a/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc.c
+++ b/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc.c
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ extern boolean_t pdcp_data_ind(
 //#define TRACE_RLC_PAYLOAD 1
 #define DEBUG_RLC_DATA_REQ 1
 
-#if defined(TRACE_RLC_PAYLOAD)
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void rlc_util_print_hex_octets(comp_name_t componentP, unsigned char* dataP, const signed long sizeP)
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ void rlc_util_print_hex_octets(comp_name_t componentP, unsigned char* dataP, con
 
   LOG_T(componentP, " |\n");
 }
-#endif
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 rlc_op_status_t rlc_stat_req     (
   const protocol_ctxt_t* const ctxt_pP,
diff --git a/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc_mac.c b/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc_mac.c
index e18f548e8cbd2e6729237ef202e5522cbc021bea..83ef0716ea8e3dcb377647e3f97c2b9241a7434f 100644
--- a/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc_mac.c
+++ b/openair2/LAYER2/RLC/rlc_mac.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #include "assertions.h"
 #include "UTIL/LOG/vcd_signal_dumper.h"
 
-#define DEBUG_MAC_INTERFACE 1
+//#define DEBUG_MAC_INTERFACE 1
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 struct mac_data_ind mac_rlc_deserialize_tb (
@@ -80,10 +80,8 @@ struct mac_data_ind mac_rlc_deserialize_tb (
       memcpy(((struct mac_tb_ind *) (tb_p->data))->data_ptr, &buffer_pP[tbs_size], tb_sizeP);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_MAC_INTERFACE
-#if defined(TRACE_RLC_PAYLOAD)
       LOG_T(RLC, "[MAC-RLC] DUMP RX PDU(%d bytes):\n", tb_sizeP);
       rlc_util_print_hex_octets(RLC, ((struct mac_tb_ind *) (tb_p->data))->data_ptr, tb_sizeP);
-#endif
 #endif
       nb_tb_read = nb_tb_read + 1;
       tbs_size   = tbs_size   + tb_sizeP;
@@ -114,10 +112,8 @@ tbs_size_t mac_rlc_serialize_tb (char* buffer_pP, list_t transport_blocksP)
     if (tb_p != NULL) {
       tb_size = ((struct mac_tb_req *) (tb_p->data))->tb_size;
 #ifdef DEBUG_MAC_INTERFACE
-#if defined(TRACE_RLC_PAYLOAD)
       LOG_T(RLC, "[MAC-RLC] DUMP TX PDU(%d bytes):\n", tb_size);
       rlc_util_print_hex_octets(RLC, ((struct mac_tb_req *) (tb_p->data))->data_ptr, tb_size);
-#endif
 #endif
       memcpy(&buffer_pP[tbs_size], &((struct mac_tb_req *) (tb_p->data))->data_ptr[0], tb_size);
       tbs_size = tbs_size + tb_size;