diff --git a/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py b/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py
index b8dc8b32fbf79bc5d9559a64a672acb79484c09e..edf43cd1bf58fa6b6f0e52e24eff60101f270c6d 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ class Containerize():
 		result = re.search('service=(?P<svc_name>[a-zA-Z0-9\_]+)', mySSH.getBefore())
 		if result is not None:
 			svcName = result.group('svc_name')
-			mySSH.command('docker-compose --file ci-docker-compose.yml up -d ' + svcName, '\$', 10)
+			mySSH.command('docker-compose --file ci-docker-compose.yml up -d ' + svcName, '\$', 15)
 
 		# Checking Status
 		mySSH.command('docker-compose --file ci-docker-compose.yml config', '\$', 5)
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/benetel-5g.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/benetel-5g.conf
index 3b872e56e96dfe18b7e7ee23c07fbef07985eb78..cae4ec0b253dfcf59df60e160ee84ac6c3d940ec 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/benetel-5g.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/benetel-5g.conf
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
 }
 );
 
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_DU.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_DU.conf
index a441ecbad9172367c163ea72dabd076b19c6b848..0c1555e92ab915d65613be462f774f8d43237588 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_DU.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_DU.conf
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   prach_dtx_threshold = 200;
   pucch0_dtx_threshold = 150;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_n78_106PRB.2x2_usrpn310.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_n78_106PRB.2x2_usrpn310.conf
index 49383072ed12e2fc36921bef6623b99c7dec415d..59358b9f7caa66fc2f8af971dce142331baa0034 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_n78_106PRB.2x2_usrpn310.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_n78_106PRB.2x2_usrpn310.conf
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   prach_dtx_threshold = 120;
   pucch0_dtx_threshold = 150;
 }
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_n78_133PRB.2x2_usrpn310.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_n78_133PRB.2x2_usrpn310.conf
index 610485fc9245fa2407a6ad79ce94474751f3a4c6..822e42cf1fbf3ce900ac8e19d08e69ca6ce7efcd 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_n78_133PRB.2x2_usrpn310.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gNB_SA_n78_133PRB.2x2_usrpn310.conf
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   prach_dtx_threshold = 120;
 }
 );
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band261.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band261.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf
index 24ec8f17f8d1b7a92e80af13371ba90266bb3a68..eeb562b4a49921769ee29b544d0dde4d8ea32957 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band261.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band261.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
index b3c7d7d1da5556e29143354918f0ed8647457627..f4f65fe8dcb0a89addbbfaf46e60852ade0d76f7 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.nsa_2x2.106PRB.usrpn310.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.nsa_2x2.106PRB.usrpn310.conf
index c668601c063d0b8ea870b2fc372fdbbf2d5985f0..b8cc0de15e37ac7113e1669e7322a0f6c7b5896a 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.nsa_2x2.106PRB.usrpn310.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.nsa_2x2.106PRB.usrpn310.conf
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   prach_dtx_threshold = 120;
   pucch0_dtx_threshold = 80;
 }
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.2x2.usrpn310.asue.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.2x2.usrpn310.asue.conf
index 92c3a7a2e985d00df2daa03ee6b8c035f699b76c..6971c5d818a381b05c2daa42d81804baf0974df2 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.2x2.usrpn310.asue.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.2x2.usrpn310.asue.conf
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   prach_dtx_threshold = 120;
 #  pucch0_dtx_threshold = 150;
 }
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.2x2.usrpn310.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.2x2.usrpn310.conf
index 672713d5042adafadefcbf583ef23fa264618ca7..0dd264a6c574abdb44bbfcc5b0261c54b747c934 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.2x2.usrpn310.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.2x2.usrpn310.conf
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   prach_dtx_threshold = 120;
 #  pucch0_dtx_threshold = 150;
 }
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.ddsuu.2x2.usrpn310.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.ddsuu.2x2.usrpn310.conf
index 5bd8b26e054674aaa58eaa6138fd4708a4580028..1d7f9c499ea067870f2fa7fc34a7862b45a808c5 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.ddsuu.2x2.usrpn310.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.106PRB.ddsuu.2x2.usrpn310.conf
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   prach_dtx_threshold = 120;
 #  pucch0_dtx_threshold = 150;
 }
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.162PRB.2x2.usrpn310.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.162PRB.2x2.usrpn310.conf
index f92242138c7b41ae473654e4cbde273ae503b4ab..1086badc0bcfbd3ef08b77d485a4b6ce7e156834 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.162PRB.2x2.usrpn310.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.sa.fr1.162PRB.2x2.usrpn310.conf
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   prach_dtx_threshold = 120;
 #  pucch0_dtx_threshold = 150;
 }
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
index 9334f2cf5918de0caae334c7bc07ebb0202f7718..61bb39329e72b92a819addad91474db73f972b03 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
 }
 );
 
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.fr1.106PRB.usrpb210.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.fr1.106PRB.usrpb210.conf
index cd3ab6278e03d207e1426d11351ffe8c81c9f653..92362ebdc96da9c44ed830adbdb90082f1e07c42 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.fr1.106PRB.usrpb210.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.fr1.106PRB.usrpb210.conf
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 6;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.fr1.106PRB.usrpn310.conf b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.fr1.106PRB.usrpn310.conf
index 371753eccc301bde31f96a1394ebb310c65d73c8..361cee72e6a85b0286ec3152d69000df92b456fc 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.fr1.106PRB.usrpn310.conf
+++ b/ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.band78.tm1.fr1.106PRB.usrpn310.conf
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 6;
 }
 );
 
diff --git a/ci-scripts/xml_files/gnb_nr_ue_usrp_run.xml b/ci-scripts/xml_files/gnb_nr_ue_usrp_run.xml
index a74dd26137a4045dee965376df1223555e0073f0..d025b95ce5ddae8ced94d8073196fb8c1124f147 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/xml_files/gnb_nr_ue_usrp_run.xml
+++ b/ci-scripts/xml_files/gnb_nr_ue_usrp_run.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <testCase id="090102">
                 <class>Initialize_OAI_UE</class>
                 <desc>Initialize NR UE USRP</desc>
-		<Initialize_OAI_UE_args>--phy-test --usrp-args "addr=192.168.30.2,second_addr=192.168.50.2,clock_source=external,time_source=external" --ue-rxgain 50  --rrc_config_path . --dlsch-parallel 4 --log_config.global_log_options level,nocolor,time</Initialize_OAI_UE_args>
+		<Initialize_OAI_UE_args>--phy-test --usrp-args "addr=192.168.30.2,second_addr=192.168.50.2,clock_source=external,time_source=external" --ue-rxgain 50  --rrc_config_path . --log_config.global_log_options level,nocolor,time</Initialize_OAI_UE_args>
 		<air_interface>NR</air_interface>
         </testCase>
 
diff --git a/ci-scripts/xml_files/gnb_nr_ue_usrp_run_multi_thread.xml b/ci-scripts/xml_files/gnb_nr_ue_usrp_run_multi_thread.xml
index f91077aacfda89af28d5dee9190554b18e5a2add..ffd41e9e8618da4cd244fee02c1307d0259fe2a4 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/xml_files/gnb_nr_ue_usrp_run_multi_thread.xml
+++ b/ci-scripts/xml_files/gnb_nr_ue_usrp_run_multi_thread.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <testCase id="090104">
                 <class>Initialize_OAI_UE</class>
                 <desc>Initialize NR UE USRP</desc>
-		<Initialize_OAI_UE_args>--phy-test --usrp-args "addr=192.168.30.2,second_addr=192.168.50.2,clock_source=external,time_source=external" --ue-rxgain 75  --rrc_config_path . --dlsch-parallel 4 --log_config.global_log_options level,nocolor,time</Initialize_OAI_UE_args>
+		<Initialize_OAI_UE_args>--phy-test --usrp-args "addr=192.168.30.2,second_addr=192.168.50.2,clock_source=external,time_source=external" --ue-rxgain 75  --rrc_config_path . --log_config.global_log_options level,nocolor,time</Initialize_OAI_UE_args>
 		<air_interface>NR</air_interface>
         </testCase>
 
diff --git a/common/utils/ocp_itti/intertask_interface.cpp b/common/utils/ocp_itti/intertask_interface.cpp
index 4613cd5c1b8953a26827575b28e69a70220959e5..82f7eb5774e341739c52b7f062dba5344a1c41d4 100644
--- a/common/utils/ocp_itti/intertask_interface.cpp
+++ b/common/utils/ocp_itti/intertask_interface.cpp
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ extern "C" {
     std::vector<MessageDef *> message_queue;
     std::map<long,timer_elm_t> timer_map;
     uint64_t next_timer=UINT64_MAX;
-    struct epoll_event *events =NULL;
     int nb_fd_epoll=0;
-    int nb_events=0;
     int epoll_fd=-1;
     int sem_fd=-1;
   } task_list_t;
@@ -167,8 +165,6 @@ extern "C" {
     struct epoll_event event;
     task_list_t *t=tasks[task_id];
     t->nb_fd_epoll++;
-    t->events = (struct epoll_event *)realloc((void *)t->events,
-                t->nb_fd_epoll * sizeof(struct epoll_event));
     event.events  = EPOLLIN | EPOLLERR;
     event.data.u64 = 0;
     event.data.fd  = fd;
@@ -185,10 +181,10 @@ extern "C" {
     t->nb_fd_epoll--;
   }
 
-  static inline int itti_get_events_locked(task_id_t task_id, struct epoll_event **events) {
+  static inline int itti_get_events_locked(task_id_t task_id, struct epoll_event *events, int max_events) {
     task_list_t *t=tasks[task_id];
     uint64_t current_time=0;
-
+    int nb_events;
     do {
       if ( t->next_timer != UINT64_MAX ) {
         struct timespec tp;
@@ -234,40 +230,41 @@ extern "C" {
 
       pthread_mutex_unlock(&t->queue_cond_lock);
       LOG_D(ITTI,"enter blocking wait for %s, timeout: %d ms\n", itti_get_task_name(task_id),  epoll_timeout);
-      t->nb_events = epoll_wait(t->epoll_fd,t->events,t->nb_fd_epoll, epoll_timeout);
+      nb_events = epoll_wait(t->epoll_fd, events, max_events, epoll_timeout);
 
-      if ( t->nb_events  < 0 && (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN ) )
+      if ( nb_events  < 0 && (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN ) )
         pthread_mutex_lock(&t->queue_cond_lock);
-    } while (t->nb_events  < 0 && (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN ) );
+    } while (nb_events  < 0 && (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN ) );
 
-    AssertFatal (t->nb_events >=0,
+    AssertFatal (nb_events >=0,
                  "epoll_wait failed for task %s, nb fds %d, timeout %lu: %s!\n",
-                 itti_get_task_name(task_id), t->nb_fd_epoll, t->next_timer != UINT64_MAX ? t->next_timer-current_time : -1, strerror(errno));
-    LOG_D(ITTI,"receive on %d descriptors for %s\n", t->nb_events, itti_get_task_name(task_id));
+                 itti_get_task_name(task_id), t->nb_fd_epoll, 
+                 t->next_timer != UINT64_MAX ? t->next_timer-current_time : -1, 
+                 strerror(errno));
+    LOG_D(ITTI,"receive on %d descriptors for %s\n", nb_events, itti_get_task_name(task_id));
 
-    if (t->nb_events == 0)
+    if (nb_events == 0)
       /* No data to read -> return */
       return 0;
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < t->nb_events; i++) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < nb_events; i++) {
       /* Check if there is an event for ITTI for the event fd */
-      if ((t->events[i].events & EPOLLIN) &&
-          (t->events[i].data.fd == t->sem_fd)) {
+      if ((events[i].events & EPOLLIN) &&
+          (events[i].data.fd == t->sem_fd)) {
         eventfd_t   sem_counter;
         /* Read will always return 1 */
         AssertFatal( sizeof(sem_counter) == read (t->sem_fd, &sem_counter, sizeof(sem_counter)), "");
         /* Mark that the event has been processed */
-        t->events[i].events &= ~EPOLLIN;
+        events[i].events &= ~EPOLLIN;
       }
     }
 
-    *events = t->events;
-    return t->nb_events;
+    return nb_events;
   }
 
-  int itti_get_events(task_id_t task_id, struct epoll_event **events) {
+  int itti_get_events(task_id_t task_id, struct epoll_event *events, int nb_evts) {
     pthread_mutex_lock(&tasks[task_id]->queue_cond_lock);
-    return itti_get_events_locked(task_id, events);
+    return itti_get_events_locked(task_id, events, nb_evts);
   }
 
   void itti_receive_msg(task_id_t task_id, MessageDef **received_msg) {
@@ -275,15 +272,16 @@ extern "C" {
     task_list_t *t=tasks[task_id];
     pthread_mutex_lock(&t->queue_cond_lock);
 
+    struct epoll_event events[t->nb_fd_epoll];
     // Weird condition to deal with crap legacy itti interface
     if ( t->nb_fd_epoll == 1 ) {
       while (t->message_queue.empty()) {
-        itti_get_events_locked(task_id, &t->events);
+        itti_get_events_locked(task_id, events, t->nb_fd_epoll);
         pthread_mutex_lock(&t->queue_cond_lock);
       }
     } else {
       if (t->message_queue.empty()) {
-        itti_get_events_locked(task_id, &t->events);
+        itti_get_events_locked(task_id, events, t->nb_fd_epoll);
         pthread_mutex_lock(&t->queue_cond_lock);
       }
     }
diff --git a/common/utils/ocp_itti/intertask_interface.h b/common/utils/ocp_itti/intertask_interface.h
index 3a03e380a1dabceab55e420042b65797a4ae7ef3..9f1fcd17410f6da83c2b0c0e1dfd51fe7b5a77ce 100644
--- a/common/utils/ocp_itti/intertask_interface.h
+++ b/common/utils/ocp_itti/intertask_interface.h
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ void itti_unsubscribe_event_fd(task_id_t task_id, int fd);
     \param events events list
     @returns number of events to handle
  **/
-int itti_get_events(task_id_t task_id, struct epoll_event **events);
+  int itti_get_events(task_id_t task_id, struct epoll_event *events, int nb_max_evts);
 
 /** \brief Retrieves a message in the queue associated to task_id.
    If the queue is empty, the thread is blocked till a new message arrives.
diff --git a/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.c b/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.c
index d1af56b4775dd8d4374881eb7a8c7c5a029c662a..75252a9143c9db38ff9520ac1d4244c928c6ec5a 100644
--- a/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.c
+++ b/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void initNamedTpool(char *params,tpool_t *pool, bool performanceMeas, char *name
 
   if (measr) {
     mkfifo(measr,0666);
-    AssertFatal(-1 != (pool->dummyTraceFd=
+    AssertFatal(-1 != (pool->dummyKeepReadingTraceFd=
                          open(measr, O_RDONLY| O_NONBLOCK)),"");
     AssertFatal(-1 != (pool->traceFd=
                          open(measr, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_NOATIME|O_NONBLOCK)),"");
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ void initNamedTpool(char *params,tpool_t *pool, bool performanceMeas, char *name
     int c=toupper(curptr[0]);
 
     switch (c) {
+
       case 'N':
         pool->activated=false;
         break;
@@ -161,6 +162,17 @@ void initNamedTpool(char *params,tpool_t *pool, bool performanceMeas, char *name
   }
 }
 
+void initFloatingCoresTpool(int nbThreads,tpool_t *pool, bool performanceMeas, char *name) {
+  char threads[1024] = "n";
+  if (nbThreads) {
+    strcpy(threads,"-1");
+    for (int i=1; i < nbThreads; i++)
+      strncat(threads,",-1", sizeof(threads-1));
+  }
+  threads[sizeof(threads-1)]=0;
+  initNamedTpool(threads, pool, performanceMeas, name);
+}
+
 #ifdef TEST_THREAD_POOL
 volatile int oai_exit=0;
 
diff --git a/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.h b/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.h
index 0e4630117d0c7d620b002394664aae69dd879ed8..81eef5d7e7f62f31b59674f7eaae533d6701bfb3 100644
--- a/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.h
+++ b/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.h
@@ -256,9 +256,8 @@ typedef struct thread_pool {
   bool activated;
   bool measurePerf;
   int traceFd;
-  int dummyTraceFd;
+  int dummyKeepReadingTraceFd;
   uint64_t cpuCyclesMicroSec;
-  uint64_t startProcessingUE;
   int nbThreads;
   notifiedFIFO_t incomingFifo;
   struct one_thread *allthreads;
@@ -389,5 +388,6 @@ static inline int abortTpool(tpool_t *t) {
   return nbRemoved;
 }
 void initNamedTpool(char *params,tpool_t *pool, bool performanceMeas, char *name);
+void initFloatingCoresTpool(int nbThreads,tpool_t *pool, bool performanceMeas, char *name);
 #define  initTpool(PARAMPTR,TPOOLPTR, MEASURFLAG) initNamedTpool(PARAMPTR,TPOOLPTR, MEASURFLAG, NULL)
 #endif
diff --git a/executables/main-ocp.c b/executables/main-ocp.c
index 3a1ad6ec19dba5ba555dbfbbd0eabb6a19ce0105..d05b683f3931003f8d3903405133365d89812620 100644
--- a/executables/main-ocp.c
+++ b/executables/main-ocp.c
@@ -1273,11 +1273,7 @@ int main ( int argc, char **argv ) {
         L1proc->respEncode=(notifiedFIFO_t *) malloc(sizeof(notifiedFIFO_t));
         L1proc->respDecode=(notifiedFIFO_t *) malloc(sizeof(notifiedFIFO_t));
 
-        if ( strlen(get_softmodem_params()->threadPoolConfig) > 0 )
-          initTpool(get_softmodem_params()->threadPoolConfig, L1proc->threadPool, true);
-        else
-          initTpool("n", L1proc->threadPool, true);
-
+        initTpool(get_softmodem_params()->threadPoolConfig, L1proc->threadPool,cpumeas(CPUMEAS_GETSTATE));
         initNotifiedFIFO(L1proc->respEncode);
         initNotifiedFIFO(L1proc->respDecode);
       }
diff --git a/executables/nr-gnb.c b/executables/nr-gnb.c
index f22e66b206c91cb5867383fde99c9e16a6ad2933..6c4a7fabfe71e6ede57ef9347284b03898987147 100644
--- a/executables/nr-gnb.c
+++ b/executables/nr-gnb.c
@@ -429,19 +429,8 @@ void init_gNB_Tpool(int inst) {
   gNB = RC.gNB[inst];
   gNB_L1_proc_t *proc = &gNB->proc;
 
-  int numCPU = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
-  LOG_I(PHY,"Number of threads requested in config file: %d, Number of threads available on this machine: %d\n",gNB->thread_pool_size,numCPU);
-  int threadCnt = min(numCPU, gNB->thread_pool_size);
-  if (threadCnt < 2) LOG_E(PHY,"Number of threads for gNB should be more than 1. Allocated only %d\n",threadCnt);
-  char pool[80];
-  sprintf(pool,"-1");
-  int s_offset = 0;
-  for (int icpu=1; icpu<threadCnt; icpu++) {
-    sprintf(pool+2+s_offset,",-1");
-    s_offset += 3;
-  }
-  if (getenv("noThreads")) strcpy(pool, "n");
-  initTpool(pool, &gNB->threadPool, cpumeas(CPUMEAS_GETSTATE));
+  // ULSCH decoding threadpool
+  initTpool(get_softmodem_params()->threadPoolConfig, &gNB->threadPool, cpumeas(CPUMEAS_GETSTATE));
   // ULSCH decoder result FIFO
   initNotifiedFIFO(&gNB->respDecode);
 
diff --git a/executables/nr-ue.c b/executables/nr-ue.c
index 821325f5f14eaf3af772a2d586f3b74a53c013c7..08cb7de7e5f043f51b05834baca42a0a2d2cbcb9 100644
--- a/executables/nr-ue.c
+++ b/executables/nr-ue.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ void processSlotRX(void *arg) {
     phy_procedures_slot_parallelization_nrUE_RX( UE, proc, 0, 0, 1, no_relay, NULL );
 #else
     uint64_t a=rdtsc_oai();
-    phy_procedures_nrUE_RX(UE, proc, gNB_id, get_nrUE_params()->nr_dlsch_parallel, &phy_pdcch_config, &rxtxD->txFifo);
+    phy_procedures_nrUE_RX(UE, proc, gNB_id, &phy_pdcch_config, &rxtxD->txFifo);
     LOG_D(PHY, "In %s: slot %d, time %llu\n", __FUNCTION__, proc->nr_slot_rx, (rdtsc_oai()-a)/3500);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.c b/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.c
index 5a39e81393a1aabb84806b1a649d319596726a87..30d6b5df51c1adc8943c026f592a104fc2709106 100644
--- a/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.c
+++ b/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.c
@@ -243,20 +243,7 @@ uint64_t set_nrUE_optmask(uint64_t bitmask) {
 nrUE_params_t *get_nrUE_params(void) {
   return &nrUE_params;
 }
-/* initialie thread pools used for NRUE processing paralleliation */ 
-void init_tpools(uint8_t nun_dlsch_threads) {
-  char params[NR_RX_NB_TH*NR_NB_TH_SLOT*3+1]={0};
-  for (int i=0; i<NR_RX_NB_TH*NR_NB_TH_SLOT; i++) {
-    memcpy(params+(i*3),"-1,",3);
-  }
-  if (getenv("noThreads")) {
-     initTpool("n", &(nrUE_params.Tpool), false);
-     init_dlsch_tpool(0);
-   } else {
-     initTpool(params, &(nrUE_params.Tpool), false);
-     init_dlsch_tpool( nun_dlsch_threads);
-   }
-}
+
 static void get_options(void) {
 
   paramdef_t cmdline_params[] =CMDLINE_NRUEPARAMS_DESC ;
@@ -438,7 +425,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv ) {
 #if T_TRACER
   T_Config_Init();
 #endif
-  init_tpools(nrUE_params.nr_dlsch_parallel);
+  initTpool(get_softmodem_params()->threadPoolConfig, &(nrUE_params.Tpool), cpumeas(CPUMEAS_GETSTATE));
   //randominit (0);
   set_taus_seed (0);
 
diff --git a/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.h b/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.h
index c118db5483c1cf51bce83a2e5ccc94c46c7255ed..77e7d9e0533dd4587240b46183a354605889023d 100644
--- a/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.h
+++ b/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #define CMDLINE_NRUEPARAMS_DESC {  \
     {"usrp-args",                CONFIG_HLP_USRP_ARGS,   0,               strptr:&usrp_args,         defstrval:"type=b200", TYPE_STRING,   0},    \
     {"single-thread-disable",    CONFIG_HLP_NOSNGLT,     PARAMFLAG_BOOL,  iptr:&single_thread_flag,           defintval:1,           TYPE_INT,    0}, \
-    {"dlsch-parallel",           CONFIG_HLP_DLSCH_PARA,  0,               u8ptr:&nrUE_params.nr_dlsch_parallel,       defintval:0,           TYPE_UINT8,  0}, \
+    {"dlsch-parallel",           CONFIG_HLP_DLSCH_PARA,  0,               u8ptr:NULL,       defintval:0,           TYPE_UINT8,  0}, \
     {"offset-divisor",           CONFIG_HLP_OFFSET_DIV,  0,               uptr:&nrUE_params.ofdm_offset_divisor,    defuintval:8,           TYPE_UINT32,  0}, \
     {"max-ldpc-iterations",      CONFIG_HLP_MAX_LDPC_ITERATIONS, 0,       u8ptr:&nrUE_params.max_ldpc_iterations,    defuintval:5,       TYPE_UINT8, 0}, \
     {"nr-dlsch-demod-shift",     CONFIG_HLP_DLSHIFT,     0,               iptr:(int32_t *)&nr_dlsch_demod_shift,    defintval:0,     TYPE_INT,    0}, \
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
 typedef struct {
   uint64_t       optmask;   //mask to store boolean config options
   uint32_t       ofdm_offset_divisor; // Divisor for sample offset computation for each OFDM symbol
-  uint8_t        nr_dlsch_parallel; // number of threads for dlsch decoding, 0 means no parallelization
   uint8_t        max_ldpc_iterations; // number of maximum LDPC iterations
   tpool_t        Tpool;             // thread pool 
 } nrUE_params_t;
diff --git a/executables/softmodem-common.h b/executables/softmodem-common.h
index e2fbf279e1168da90d8fbbcc148e8afcf41a605c..f0e60f54aad170d128f15e727ea56b4174db5d0d 100644
--- a/executables/softmodem-common.h
+++ b/executables/softmodem-common.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ extern int usrp_tx_thread;
 #define CMDLINE_PARAMS_DESC {  \
     {"rf-config-file",       CONFIG_HLP_RFCFGF,       0,              strptr:&RF_CONFIG_FILE,    defstrval:NULL,        TYPE_STRING, 0},\
     {"split73",              CONFIG_HLP_SPLIT73,      0,              strptr:&SPLIT73,           defstrval:NULL,        TYPE_STRING, 0},       \
-    {"thread-pool",          CONFIG_HLP_TPOOL,        0,              strptr:&TP_CONFIG,         defstrval:"n",         TYPE_STRING, 0},     \
+    {"thread-pool",          CONFIG_HLP_TPOOL,        0,              strptr:&TP_CONFIG,         defstrval:"-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1",         TYPE_STRING, 0},     \
     {"phy-test",             CONFIG_HLP_PHYTST,       PARAMFLAG_BOOL, iptr:&PHY_TEST,                     defintval:0,           TYPE_INT,    0},                     \
     {"do-ra",                CONFIG_HLP_DORA,         PARAMFLAG_BOOL, iptr:&DO_RA,                        defintval:0,           TYPE_INT,    0},                     \
     {"sa",                   CONFIG_HLP_SA,           PARAMFLAG_BOOL, iptr:&SA,                           defintval:0,           TYPE_INT,    0},                     \
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/INIT/lte_init_ue.c b/openair1/PHY/INIT/lte_init_ue.c
index c3f09fa78c3c6925af5891992e8f52aff2090ad7..82dae429f154be23216020874940c4cb5c26e9b9 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/INIT/lte_init_ue.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/INIT/lte_init_ue.c
@@ -689,8 +689,9 @@ int init_lte_ue_signal(PHY_VARS_UE *ue,
         int idx = (j<<1) + i;
 
         for (th_id=0; th_id<RX_NB_TH_MAX; th_id++) {
-          common_vars->common_vars_rx_data_per_thread[th_id].dl_ch_estimates[eNB_id][idx] = (int32_t *)malloc16_clear( sizeof(int32_t)*fp->symbols_per_tti*(fp->ofdm_symbol_size+LTE_CE_FILTER_LENGTH) );
-          common_vars->common_vars_rx_data_per_thread[th_id].dl_ch_estimates_time[eNB_id][idx] = (int32_t *)malloc16_clear( sizeof(int32_t)*fp->ofdm_symbol_size*2 );
+          common_vars->common_vars_rx_data_per_thread[th_id].dl_ch_estimates[eNB_id][idx] = (int32_t *)malloc16_clear( sizeof(int32_t)*
+                  max(fp->symbols_per_tti*(fp->ofdm_symbol_size+LTE_CE_FILTER_LENGTH),6144) );
+          common_vars->common_vars_rx_data_per_thread[th_id].dl_ch_estimates_time[eNB_id][idx] = (int32_t *)malloc16_clear( sizeof(int32_t)*max(fp->ofdm_symbol_size*2,6144) );
         }
       }
   }
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/LTE_TRANSPORT/ulsch_decoding.c b/openair1/PHY/LTE_TRANSPORT/ulsch_decoding.c
index a6dde08a2c158926e53ee58fa5d2ed0c1f36f2bf..f71ca76b714bfe649903ea8325580c00f7e8c745 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/LTE_TRANSPORT/ulsch_decoding.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/LTE_TRANSPORT/ulsch_decoding.c
@@ -335,7 +335,10 @@ int ulsch_decoding_data(PHY_VARS_eNB *eNB, L1_rxtx_proc_t *proc,
     }
 
     union turboReqUnion id= {.s={ulsch->rnti,proc->frame_rx,proc->subframe_rx,0,0}};
-    notifiedFIFO_elt_t *req=newNotifiedFIFO_elt(sizeof(turboDecode_t), id.p, proc->respDecode, processULSegment);
+    notifiedFIFO_elt_t *req=newNotifiedFIFO_elt(sizeof(turboDecode_t),
+                                                id.p,
+                                                proc->respDecode,
+                                                processULSegment);
     turboDecode_t * rdata=(turboDecode_t *) NotifiedFifoData(req);
 
     rdata->eNB=eNB;
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/NR_UE_TRANSPORT/nr_dlsch_decoding.c b/openair1/PHY/NR_UE_TRANSPORT/nr_dlsch_decoding.c
index e6833c4cb45f78a690f30ea42e261d43e5f94a67..64a70ba974ddcdc0928115699b43958aef7dd15e 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/NR_UE_TRANSPORT/nr_dlsch_decoding.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/NR_UE_TRANSPORT/nr_dlsch_decoding.c
@@ -57,29 +57,6 @@ notifiedFIFO_t freeBlocks_dl;
 notifiedFIFO_elt_t *msgToPush_dl;
 int nbDlProcessing =0;
 
-
-static  tpool_t pool_dl;
-//extern double cpuf;
-
-void init_dlsch_tpool(uint8_t num_dlsch_threads) {
-  char *params = NULL;
-
-  if( num_dlsch_threads==0) {
-    params = calloc(1,2);
-    memcpy(params,"N",1);
-  }
-  else {
-    params = calloc(1,(num_dlsch_threads*3)+1);
-    for (int i=0; i<num_dlsch_threads; i++) {
-      memcpy(params+(i*3),"-1,",3);
-    }
-  }
-
-  initNamedTpool(params, &pool_dl, false,"dlsch");
-  free(params);
-}
-
-
 void free_nr_ue_dlsch(NR_UE_DLSCH_t **dlschptr, uint16_t N_RB_DL) {
 
   uint16_t a_segments = MAX_NUM_NR_DLSCH_SEGMENTS_PER_LAYER*NR_MAX_NB_LAYERS;
@@ -207,7 +184,7 @@ bool nr_ue_postDecode(PHY_VARS_NR_UE *phy_vars_ue, notifiedFIFO_elt_t *req, bool
 
   } else {
     if ( !last ) {
-      int nb=abortTpoolJob(&(pool_dl), req->key);
+      int nb=abortTpoolJob(&get_nrUE_params()->Tpool, req->key);
       nb+=abortNotifiedFIFOJob(nf_p, req->key);
       LOG_D(PHY,"downlink segment error %d/%d, aborted %d segments\n",rdata->segment_r,rdata->nbSegments, nb);
       LOG_D(PHY, "DLSCH %d in error\n",rdata->dlsch_id);
@@ -606,7 +583,7 @@ uint32_t nr_dlsch_decoding(PHY_VARS_NR_UE *phy_vars_ue,
     reset_meas(&rdata->ts_deinterleave);
     reset_meas(&rdata->ts_rate_unmatch);
     reset_meas(&rdata->ts_ldpc_decode);
-    pushTpool(&(pool_dl),req);
+    pushTpool(&get_nrUE_params()->Tpool,req);
     nbDecode++;
     LOG_D(PHY,"Added a block to decode, in pipe: %d\n",nbDecode);
     r_offset += E;
@@ -614,7 +591,7 @@ uint32_t nr_dlsch_decoding(PHY_VARS_NR_UE *phy_vars_ue,
     //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   }
   for (r=0; r<nbDecode; r++) {
-    notifiedFIFO_elt_t *req=pullTpool(&nf, &(pool_dl));
+    notifiedFIFO_elt_t *req=pullTpool(&nf,  &get_nrUE_params()->Tpool);
     if (req == NULL)
       break; // Tpool has been stopped
     bool last = false;
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/defs_gNB.h b/openair1/PHY/defs_gNB.h
index 2194ad97dc69dfaf1c43afbee94ba310fdadce9f..193444191509114c8328e02e24902bdf66bf0b9c 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/defs_gNB.h
+++ b/openair1/PHY/defs_gNB.h
@@ -894,7 +894,6 @@ typedef struct PHY_VARS_gNB_s {
   notifiedFIFO_t resp_RU_tx;
   tpool_t threadPool;
   int nbDecode;
-  uint8_t thread_pool_size;
   int number_of_nr_dlsch_max;
   int number_of_nr_ulsch_max;
   void * scopeData;
diff --git a/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/defs.h b/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/defs.h
index fa354d228432f85487f1e3f76c2597b250671c7f..c4436341fc073f58f5bf49b00c1a7ca67debf6fb 100644
--- a/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/defs.h
+++ b/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/defs.h
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ void phy_procedures_nrUE_TX(PHY_VARS_NR_UE *ue, UE_nr_rxtx_proc_t *proc, uint8_t
 int phy_procedures_nrUE_RX(PHY_VARS_NR_UE *ue,
                            UE_nr_rxtx_proc_t *proc,
                            uint8_t gNB_id,
-                           uint8_t dlsch_parallel,
                            NR_UE_PDCCH_CONFIG *phy_pdcch_config,
                            notifiedFIFO_t *txFifo);
 
diff --git a/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/phy_procedures_nr_ue.c b/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/phy_procedures_nr_ue.c
index 4a76608dc02a5be9c696ea496cd0014a87403ce5..c68702fa3fa90cfba5378461118b4f84a32728e4 100644
--- a/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/phy_procedures_nr_ue.c
+++ b/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/phy_procedures_nr_ue.c
@@ -1325,7 +1325,6 @@ void *UE_thread_slot1_dl_processing(void *arg) {
 int phy_procedures_nrUE_RX(PHY_VARS_NR_UE *ue,
                            UE_nr_rxtx_proc_t *proc,
                            uint8_t gNB_id,
-                           uint8_t dlsch_parallel,
                            NR_UE_PDCCH_CONFIG *phy_pdcch_config,
                            notifiedFIFO_t *txFifo) {
 
diff --git a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlschsim.c b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlschsim.c
index 8a9da0461ffcbdec06023a862a348fe2408eeae5..498efa28d91a17eb8e1c384efafcdcd1ed807de2 100644
--- a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlschsim.c
+++ b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlschsim.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/nr_unitary_defs.h"
 #include "openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/nr_dummy_functions.c"
 #include "openair2/LAYER2/NR_MAC_COMMON/nr_mac_common.h"
+#include "executables/nr-uesoftmodem.h"
 
 
 //#define DEBUG_NR_DLSCHSIM
@@ -74,6 +75,13 @@ openair0_config_t openair0_cfg[MAX_CARDS];
 
 void init_downlink_harq_status(NR_DL_UE_HARQ_t *dl_harq) {}
 
+
+nrUE_params_t nrUE_params={0};
+
+nrUE_params_t *get_nrUE_params(void) {
+  return &nrUE_params;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	char c;
@@ -345,7 +353,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (snr1set == 0)
 		snr1 = snr0 + 10;
-	init_dlsch_tpool(dlsch_threads);
 
 	if (ouput_vcd)
         vcd_signal_dumper_init("/tmp/openair_dump_nr_dlschsim.vcd");
@@ -364,7 +371,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	RC.gNB = (PHY_VARS_gNB **) malloc(sizeof(PHY_VARS_gNB *));
 	RC.gNB[0] = calloc(1, sizeof(PHY_VARS_gNB));
 	gNB = RC.gNB[0];
-	initTpool(gNBthreads, &gNB->threadPool, true);
+	initNamedTpool(gNBthreads, &gNB->threadPool, true, "gNB-tpool");
+        initFloatingCoresTpool(dlsch_threads, &nrUE_params.Tpool, false, "UE-tpool");
 	//gNB_config = &gNB->gNB_config;
 	frame_parms = &gNB->frame_parms; //to be initialized I suppose (maybe not necessary for PBCH)
 	frame_parms->nb_antennas_tx = n_tx;
diff --git a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlsim.c b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlsim.c
index 0f573789469d3a0f184c5e04e13faeee4a625974..7e141fae5771383abb8c277d40e3afd557b84b40 100644
--- a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlsim.c
+++ b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlsim.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 
 #include <executables/softmodem-common.h>
 #include <openair3/ocp-gtpu/gtp_itf.h>
+#include <executables/nr-uesoftmodem.h>
 
 const char *__asan_default_options()
 {
@@ -362,12 +363,6 @@ void nr_dlsim_preprocessor(module_id_t module_id,
   AssertFatal(current_BWP->mcsTableIdx >= 0 && current_BWP->mcsTableIdx <= 2, "invalid mcsTableIdx %d\n", current_BWP->mcsTableIdx);
 }
 
-typedef struct {
-  uint64_t       optmask;   //mask to store boolean config options
-  uint8_t        nr_dlsch_parallel; // number of threads for dlsch decoding, 0 means no parallelization
-  tpool_t        Tpool;             // thread pool
-} nrUE_params_t;
-
 nrUE_params_t nrUE_params;
 
 nrUE_params_t *get_nrUE_params(void) {
@@ -475,7 +470,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
   FILE *scg_fd=NULL;
   
-  while ((c = getopt (argc, argv, "f:hA:pf:g:i:n:s:S:t:x:y:z:M:N:F:GR:dPI:L:Ea:b:d:e:m:w:T:U:q:X:Y")) != -1) {
+  while ((c = getopt (argc, argv, "f:hA:pf:g:i:n:s:S:t:x:y:z:M:N:F:GR:d:PI:L:Ea:b:e:m:w:T:U:q:X:Y")) != -1) {
     switch (c) {
     case 'f':
       scg_fd = fopen(optarg,"r");
@@ -642,7 +637,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
       g_rbSize = atoi(optarg);
       break;
 
-    case 'D':
+    case 'd':
       dlsch_threads = atoi(optarg);
       break;
 
@@ -748,8 +743,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (snr1set==0)
     snr1 = snr0+10;
-  init_dlsch_tpool(dlsch_threads);
-
 
   RC.gNB = (PHY_VARS_gNB**) malloc(sizeof(PHY_VARS_gNB *));
   RC.gNB[0] = (PHY_VARS_gNB*) malloc(sizeof(PHY_VARS_gNB ));
@@ -1001,7 +994,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   unsigned char *test_input_bit;
   unsigned int errors_bit    = 0;
 
-  initTpool("N", &(nrUE_params.Tpool), false);
+  initFloatingCoresTpool(dlsch_threads, &nrUE_params.Tpool, false, "UE-tpool");
 
   test_input_bit       = (unsigned char *) malloc16(sizeof(unsigned char) * 16 * 68 * 384);
   estimated_output_bit = (unsigned char *) malloc16(sizeof(unsigned char) * 16 * 68 * 384);
@@ -1042,7 +1035,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   snrRun = 0;
   int n_errs = 0;
 
-  initTpool(gNBthreads, &gNB->threadPool, true);
+  initNamedTpool(gNBthreads, &gNB->threadPool, true, "gNB-tpool");
   initNotifiedFIFO(&gNB->L1_tx_free);
   initNotifiedFIFO(&gNB->L1_tx_filled);
   initNotifiedFIFO(&gNB->L1_tx_out);
@@ -1268,7 +1261,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         phy_procedures_nrUE_RX(UE,
                                &UE_proc,
                                0,
-                               dlsch_threads,
                                &phy_pdcch_config,
                                NULL);
         
diff --git a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/pbchsim.c b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/pbchsim.c
index aaa28b274c069e59ffdeae14737373ab545fb01e..8c7bce71f6ce9f2567ca559f28c424e4843d21e5 100644
--- a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/pbchsim.c
+++ b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/pbchsim.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/nr_dummy_functions.c"
 #include "openair1/PHY/MODULATION/nr_modulation.h"
 #include <executables/softmodem-common.h>
+#include <executables/nr-uesoftmodem.h>
 //#define DEBUG_NR_PBCHSIM
 
 PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB;
@@ -72,6 +73,12 @@ softmodem_params_t *get_softmodem_params(void) {
   return &softmodem_params;
 }
 
+nrUE_params_t nrUE_params={0};
+
+nrUE_params_t *get_nrUE_params(void) {
+  return &nrUE_params;
+}
+
 void init_downlink_harq_status(NR_DL_UE_HARQ_t *dl_harq) {}
 
 int nr_ue_pdcch_procedures(uint8_t gNB_id,
diff --git a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/prachsim.c b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/prachsim.c
index 76776ce1101a9a049661bdab78e3885c551f60af..3622ba49ba58180fb274b0f8ee2ebc0c0580bccc 100644
--- a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/prachsim.c
+++ b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/prachsim.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <openair2/RRC/NR_UE/rrc_defs.h>
 //#include "openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/nr_dummy_functions.c"
 #include <openair3/ocp-gtpu/gtp_itf.h>
+#include "executables/nr-uesoftmodem.h"
 
 #define NR_PRACH_DEBUG 1
 #define PRACH_WRITE_OUTPUT_DEBUG 1
@@ -223,12 +224,6 @@ int DU_send_INITIAL_UL_RRC_MESSAGE_TRANSFER(module_id_t     module_idP,
   return 0;
 }
 
-typedef struct {
-  uint64_t       optmask;   //mask to store boolean config options
-  uint8_t        nr_dlsch_parallel; // number of threads for dlsch decoding, 0 means no parallelization
-  tpool_t        Tpool;             // thread pool
-} nrUE_params_t;
-
 nrUE_params_t nrUE_params;
 
 nrUE_params_t *get_nrUE_params(void) {
diff --git a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/pucchsim.c b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/pucchsim.c
index db40e5d00b5eeecdbd5c778f55385e79072c3cfa..cabe87ef016f2c37b7387350fc347472fc41cd84 100644
--- a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/pucchsim.c
+++ b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/pucchsim.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "openair1/SIMULATION/RF/rf.h"
 #include "openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/nr_unitary_defs.h"
 #include "openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/nr_dummy_functions.c"
+#include "executables/nr-uesoftmodem.h"
 
 THREAD_STRUCT thread_struct;
 PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB;
@@ -67,6 +68,13 @@ PHY_VARS_NR_UE * PHY_vars_UE_g[1][1]={{NULL}};
 
 void init_downlink_harq_status(NR_DL_UE_HARQ_t *dl_harq) {}
 
+nrUE_params_t nrUE_params={0};
+
+nrUE_params_t *get_nrUE_params(void) {
+  return &nrUE_params;
+}
+
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
   char c;
diff --git a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulschsim.c b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulschsim.c
index 6fcd1354ec18026fbeedaca15893f3135bf546e2..da0cc7bc801e10d5838c7c551d9626a5bb81fd99 100644
--- a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulschsim.c
+++ b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulschsim.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/nr_dummy_functions.c"
 #include "common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.h"
 #include "openair2/LAYER2/NR_MAC_COMMON/nr_mac_common.h"
+#include "executables/nr-uesoftmodem.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG_NR_ULSCHSIM
 
@@ -110,6 +111,13 @@ int nr_postDecode_sim(PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB, notifiedFIFO_elt_t *req) {
     ulsch->last_iteration_cnt = rdata->decodeIterations;
   return 0;
 }
+
+nrUE_params_t nrUE_params;
+
+nrUE_params_t *get_nrUE_params(void) {
+  return &nrUE_params;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
   char c;
@@ -388,8 +396,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   gNB = RC.gNB[0];
   //gNB_config = &gNB->gNB_config;
 
-  char tp_param[] = "n";
-  initTpool(tp_param, &gNB->threadPool, true);
+  initTpool("n", &gNB->threadPool, true);
   initNotifiedFIFO(&gNB->respDecode);
   frame_parms = &gNB->frame_parms; //to be initialized I suppose (maybe not necessary for PBCH)
   frame_parms->N_RB_DL = N_RB_DL;
diff --git a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulsim.c b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulsim.c
index fb497c3141fea64322aefaffb378f0ca9735eeef..087b3be6a848a138fccf03fbe878d99068ed70c8 100644
--- a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulsim.c
+++ b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulsim.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #include <executables/softmodem-common.h>
 #include "PHY/NR_REFSIG/ul_ref_seq_nr.h"
 #include <openair3/ocp-gtpu/gtp_itf.h>
+#include "executables/nr-uesoftmodem.h"
 //#define DEBUG_ULSIM
 
 const char *__asan_default_options()
@@ -254,12 +255,6 @@ int nr_derive_key(int alg_type, uint8_t alg_id,
   return 0;
 }
 
-typedef struct {
-  uint64_t       optmask;   //mask to store boolean config options
-  uint8_t        nr_dlsch_parallel; // number of threads for dlsch decoding, 0 means no parallelization
-  tpool_t        Tpool;             // thread pool 
-} nrUE_params_t;
-
 void processSlotTX(void *arg) {}
 
 nrUE_params_t nrUE_params;
@@ -712,18 +707,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   RC.gNB[0] = calloc(1,sizeof(PHY_VARS_gNB));
   gNB = RC.gNB[0];
   gNB->ofdm_offset_divisor = UINT_MAX;
-  char tp_param[80];
-  if (threadCnt>0)
-   sprintf(tp_param,"-1");
-  else
-   tp_param[0]='n';
-  int s_offset = 0;
-  for (int icpu=1; icpu<threadCnt; icpu++) {
-    sprintf(tp_param+2+s_offset,",-1");
-    s_offset += 3;
-  }
+  initNotifiedFIFO(&gNB->respDecode);
 
-  initTpool(tp_param, &gNB->threadPool, false);
+  initFloatingCoresTpool(threadCnt, &gNB->threadPool, false, "gNB-tpool");
   initNotifiedFIFO(&gNB->respDecode);
   initNotifiedFIFO(&gNB->L1_tx_free);
   initNotifiedFIFO(&gNB->L1_tx_filled);
diff --git a/openair2/GNB_APP/L1_nr_paramdef.h b/openair2/GNB_APP/L1_nr_paramdef.h
index 1e5122956e0a4532ec79bff7b6083a5b1ed7cdcc..5fab0f6dfbd6e29aa7dacfde6c2d88efd4be2b1f 100644
--- a/openair2/GNB_APP/L1_nr_paramdef.h
+++ b/openair2/GNB_APP/L1_nr_paramdef.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 {CONFIG_STRING_L1_REMOTE_N_PORTC,                    NULL,      0,         uptr:NULL,           defintval:50030,           TYPE_UINT,     0},         \
 {CONFIG_STRING_L1_LOCAL_N_PORTD,                     NULL,      0,         uptr:NULL,           defintval:50031,           TYPE_UINT,     0},         \
 {CONFIG_STRING_L1_REMOTE_N_PORTD,                    NULL,      0,         uptr:NULL,           defintval:50031,           TYPE_UINT,     0},         \
-{CONFIG_STRING_L1_THREAD_POOL_SIZE, "Maximum number of CPU cores for L1 processing (either max HW CPU cores or this value is used)",      0,         uptr:NULL,           defintval:4,               TYPE_UINT,     0},         \
+{CONFIG_STRING_L1_THREAD_POOL_SIZE, "thread_pool_size paramter removed, please use --thread-pool",      0,         uptr:NULL,           defintval:2022,               TYPE_UINT,     0},         \
 {CONFIG_STRING_L1_OFDM_OFFSET_DIVISOR,               NULL,      0,         uptr:NULL,           defuintval:8,              TYPE_UINT,     0},         \
 {CONFIG_STRING_L1_PUCCH0_DTX_THRESHOLD,              NULL,      0,         uptr:NULL,           defintval:100,             TYPE_UINT,     0},         \
 {CONFIG_STRING_L1_PRACH_DTX_THRESHOLD,               NULL,      0,         uptr:NULL,           defintval:150,             TYPE_UINT,     0},         \
diff --git a/openair2/GNB_APP/gnb_config.c b/openair2/GNB_APP/gnb_config.c
index 0beba58e8cfcaf4bc476cd6bae2104b9124b964d..88f74cd1c98d7b93097b3d652504249d08bad3dd 100644
--- a/openair2/GNB_APP/gnb_config.c
+++ b/openair2/GNB_APP/gnb_config.c
@@ -725,8 +725,8 @@ void RCconfig_NR_L1(void) {
         memset(RC.gNB[j],0,sizeof(PHY_VARS_gNB));
 	      RC.gNB[j]->Mod_id  = j;
       }
-
-      RC.gNB[j]->thread_pool_size   = *(L1_ParamList.paramarray[j][L1_THREAD_POOL_SIZE].uptr);
+      AssertFatal(*L1_ParamList.paramarray[j][L1_THREAD_POOL_SIZE].uptr == 2022,
+                  "thread_pool_size removed, please use --thread-pool\n");
       RC.gNB[j]->ofdm_offset_divisor = *(L1_ParamList.paramarray[j][L1_OFDM_OFFSET_DIVISOR].uptr);
       RC.gNB[j]->pucch0_thres       = *(L1_ParamList.paramarray[j][L1_PUCCH0_DTX_THRESHOLD].uptr);
       RC.gNB[j]->prach_thres        = *(L1_ParamList.paramarray[j][L1_PRACH_DTX_THRESHOLD].uptr);
diff --git a/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/config.c b/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/config.c
index 52a9048cd07624006261e4fc9118207b2778160c..91f4197bfe8fe3cd9c19d5f3fee45fc32f930bd9 100644
--- a/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/config.c
+++ b/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/config.c
@@ -1009,13 +1009,11 @@ int rrc_mac_config_req_eNB(module_id_t Mod_idP,
     LOG_I(MAC, "[eNB %d][CONFIG]  LTE_MBSFNAreaConfiguration_r9_t(%p) commonSF_AllocPeriod_r9(%d)\n",Mod_idP,mbms_AreaConfig, RC.mac[Mod_idP]->common_channels[0].commonSF_AllocPeriod_r9);
     for(i=0; i < mbms_AreaConfig->commonSF_Alloc_r9.list.count; i++){
       RC.mac[Mod_idP]->common_channels[0].commonSF_Alloc_r9_mbsfn_SubframeConfig[i] = mbms_AreaConfig->commonSF_Alloc_r9.list.array[i];
-     LOG_I(RRC,"[eNB %d][CONFIG] MBSFNArea[%d] commonSF_Alloc_r9: radioframeAllocationPeriod(%ldn),radioframeAllocationOffset(%ld), subframeAllocation(%x,%x,%x)\n"
+     LOG_I(RRC,"[eNB %d][CONFIG] MBSFNArea[%d] commonSF_Alloc_r9: radioframeAllocationPeriod(%ldn),radioframeAllocationOffset(%ld), subframeAllocation(%x)\n"
       ,Mod_idP,i
       ,RC.mac[Mod_idP]->common_channels[0].commonSF_Alloc_r9_mbsfn_SubframeConfig[i]->radioframeAllocationPeriod
       ,RC.mac[Mod_idP]->common_channels[0].commonSF_Alloc_r9_mbsfn_SubframeConfig[i]->radioframeAllocationOffset
-      ,RC.mac[Mod_idP]->common_channels[0].commonSF_Alloc_r9_mbsfn_SubframeConfig[i]->subframeAllocation.choice.oneFrame.buf[0]
-      ,RC.mac[Mod_idP]->common_channels[0].commonSF_Alloc_r9_mbsfn_SubframeConfig[i]->subframeAllocation.choice.oneFrame.buf[1]
-      ,RC.mac[Mod_idP]->common_channels[0].commonSF_Alloc_r9_mbsfn_SubframeConfig[i]->subframeAllocation.choice.oneFrame.buf[2]);
+      ,RC.mac[Mod_idP]->common_channels[0].commonSF_Alloc_r9_mbsfn_SubframeConfig[i]->subframeAllocation.choice.oneFrame.buf[0]);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/openair2/RRC/LTE/rrc_UE.c b/openair2/RRC/LTE/rrc_UE.c
index 577ee3effdf3dc90d3ee696958d451d4f9e74d79..f0a81d9821164063ee50fad7594cafb4bccc4949 100644
--- a/openair2/RRC/LTE/rrc_UE.c
+++ b/openair2/RRC/LTE/rrc_UE.c
@@ -4768,13 +4768,11 @@ void decode_MBSFNAreaConfiguration( module_id_t ue_mod_idP, uint8_t eNB_index, f
 
   // Configure commonSF_Alloc
   for(i=0; i< UE_rrc_inst[ue_mod_idP].mcch_message[eNB_index]->commonSF_Alloc_r9.list.count; i++) {
-    LOG_W(RRC,"[UE %d] Frame %d, commonSF_Alloc_r9: radioframeAllocationPeriod(%ldn),radioframeAllocationOffset(%ld), subframeAllocation(%x,%x,%x)\n",
+    LOG_W(RRC,"[UE %d] Frame %d, commonSF_Alloc_r9: radioframeAllocationPeriod(%ldn),radioframeAllocationOffset(%ld), subframeAllocation(%x)\n",
           ue_mod_idP, frameP,
           UE_rrc_inst[ue_mod_idP].mcch_message[eNB_index]->commonSF_Alloc_r9.list.array[i]->radioframeAllocationPeriod<<1,
           UE_rrc_inst[ue_mod_idP].mcch_message[eNB_index]->commonSF_Alloc_r9.list.array[i]->radioframeAllocationOffset,
-          UE_rrc_inst[ue_mod_idP].mcch_message[eNB_index]->commonSF_Alloc_r9.list.array[i]->subframeAllocation.choice.oneFrame.buf[0],
-          UE_rrc_inst[ue_mod_idP].mcch_message[eNB_index]->commonSF_Alloc_r9.list.array[i]->subframeAllocation.choice.oneFrame.buf[1],
-          UE_rrc_inst[ue_mod_idP].mcch_message[eNB_index]->commonSF_Alloc_r9.list.array[i]->subframeAllocation.choice.oneFrame.buf[2]);
+          UE_rrc_inst[ue_mod_idP].mcch_message[eNB_index]->commonSF_Alloc_r9.list.array[i]->subframeAllocation.choice.oneFrame.buf[0]);
     UE_mac_inst[ue_mod_idP].commonSF_Alloc_r9_mbsfn_SubframeConfig[i] = UE_rrc_inst[ue_mod_idP].mcch_message[eNB_index]->commonSF_Alloc_r9.list.array[i];
   }
 
diff --git a/openair3/NAS/UE/nas_ue_task.c b/openair3/NAS/UE/nas_ue_task.c
index 34bf6cb3ad5e923fe457c550326d63c47c10dc80..f47af8cb66a3a1a0bb20e1e161d3f558d2b2198d 100644
--- a/openair3/NAS/UE/nas_ue_task.c
+++ b/openair3/NAS/UE/nas_ue_task.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ void nas_user_api_id_initialize(nas_user_t *user) {
 void *nas_ue_task(void *args_p)
 {
   int                   nb_events;
-  struct epoll_event   *events;
   MessageDef           *msg_p;
   instance_t            instance;
   unsigned int          Mod_id;
@@ -306,8 +305,8 @@ void *nas_ue_task(void *args_p)
       AssertFatal (result == EXIT_SUCCESS, "Failed to free memory (%d)!\n", result);
       msg_p = NULL;
     }
-
-    nb_events = itti_get_events(TASK_NAS_UE, &events);
+    struct epoll_event events[20];
+    nb_events = itti_get_events(TASK_NAS_UE, events, 20);
 
     if ((nb_events > 0) && (events != NULL)) {
       if (nas_ue_process_events(users, events, nb_events) == true) {
diff --git a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c
index df6dde0f9977f0882a833ecaa3aa504d8ab00472..49a0674bdfcfebb6bf18db569618cec580d0a711 100644
--- a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c
+++ b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ sctp_eNB_accept_associations_multi(
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void
+static void
 sctp_handle_new_association_req_multi(
     const instance_t instance,
     const task_id_t requestor,
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ sctp_handle_new_association_req_multi(
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void
+static void
 sctp_handle_new_association_req(
     const instance_t instance,
     const task_id_t requestor,
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ sctp_handle_new_association_req(
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void sctp_send_data(
+static void sctp_send_data(
     instance_t       instance,
     task_id_t        task_id,
     sctp_data_req_t *sctp_data_req_p)
@@ -1058,16 +1058,12 @@ sctp_eNB_read_from_socket(
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void
-sctp_eNB_flush_sockets(
+static sctp_eNB_flush_sockets(
     struct epoll_event *events, int nb_events)
 {
     int i;
     struct sctp_cnx_list_elm_s *sctp_cnx = NULL;
 
-    if (events == NULL) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     for (i = 0; i < nb_events; i++) {
         sctp_cnx = sctp_get_cnx(-1, events[i].data.fd);
 
@@ -1090,7 +1086,7 @@ sctp_eNB_flush_sockets(
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void sctp_eNB_init(void)
+static void sctp_eNB_init(void)
 {
     SCTP_DEBUG("Starting SCTP layer\n");
 
@@ -1100,10 +1096,9 @@ void sctp_eNB_init(void)
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void *sctp_eNB_process_itti_msg(void *notUsed)
+static void sctp_eNB_process_itti_msg()
 {
     int                 nb_events;
-    struct epoll_event *events;
     MessageDef         *received_msg = NULL;
     int                 result;
 
@@ -1184,12 +1179,12 @@ void *sctp_eNB_process_itti_msg(void *notUsed)
         AssertFatal (result == EXIT_SUCCESS, "Failed to free memory (%d)!\n", result);
         received_msg = NULL;
     }
-
-    nb_events = itti_get_events(TASK_SCTP, &events);
+    struct epoll_event events[20];
+    nb_events = itti_get_events(TASK_SCTP, events, 20);
     /* Now handle notifications for other sockets */
     sctp_eNB_flush_sockets(events, nb_events);
 
-    return NULL;
+    return;
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1198,7 +1193,7 @@ void *sctp_eNB_task(void *arg)
     sctp_eNB_init();
 
     while (1) {
-        (void) sctp_eNB_process_itti_msg(NULL);
+        sctp_eNB_process_itti_msg();
     }
 
     return NULL;
diff --git a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.h b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.h
index e23e80675e647d94460b103ed163455ad73d54c9..31cb6831025e5eea879ebee904f24cc5dbf14276 100644
--- a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.h
+++ b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.h
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #ifndef SCTP_ENB_TASK_H_
 #define SCTP_ENB_TASK_H_
 
-void  sctp_eNB_init(void);
-void *sctp_eNB_process_itti_msg(void *);
 void *sctp_eNB_task(void *arg);
 
 #endif /* SCTP_ENB_TASK_H_ */
diff --git a/openair3/ocp-gtpu/gtp_itf.cpp b/openair3/ocp-gtpu/gtp_itf.cpp
index afef8ea4357ed5ea291d7a635ae6b26f0f363b8a..33dac2fed04bcba3faed8e9fa8555d19a2604217 100644
--- a/openair3/ocp-gtpu/gtp_itf.cpp
+++ b/openair3/ocp-gtpu/gtp_itf.cpp
@@ -1278,9 +1278,8 @@ void *gtpv1uTask(void *args)  {
       AssertFatal(EXIT_SUCCESS==itti_free(TASK_GTPV1_U, message_p), "Failed to free memory!\n");
     }
 
-    struct epoll_event *events;
-
-    int nb_events = itti_get_events(TASK_GTPV1_U, &events);
+    struct epoll_event events[20];
+    int nb_events = itti_get_events(TASK_GTPV1_U, events, 20);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nb_events; i++)
       if ((events[i].events&EPOLLIN))
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/benetel-5g.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/benetel-5g.conf
index c8e109d30230f435ee788e4d49a1893ae3dc8b33..cbad6fe187930494c5ee64c105a4b89d4d46e9db 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/benetel-5g.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/benetel-5g.conf
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
 }
 );
 
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf
index a4c877a7bafcb46427cdad068e1c89054929d802..c09f10ea0b9e96d8800fd441935a68b40fdb9b6b 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.32PRB.usrpx300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.32PRB.usrpx300.conf
index e5478983cff20909524743e70280d66148b8ac8c..44a17612a97251c1f0d43c1953fd821dd19aabfa 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.32PRB.usrpx300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.32PRB.usrpx300.conf
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.66PRB.usrpn300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.66PRB.usrpn300.conf
index efa0d3e2fa0db1266a8ae08c54087acacb632528..716e222d60de93cb3876c0bfcf607ab0c1bdd96b 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.66PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band257.tm1.66PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band261.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band261.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf
index 8a2ce9f63ecc361c7de47e3508384c64e6eaf1f1..78bc1220e83fff230507a4c535ba0aac692ba1fe 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band261.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band261.tm1.32PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
 	ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
index 616f86a1cd6a5fbb9d8ce94337895c16e1f851af..ab78dfb95003962fb0e6e401eed001a2df494420 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpx300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpx300.conf
index 0818fe11d7c8f926711b7c34fd42f16876065d58..11b1943b36eeb0361c875831ecee8d749c38642b 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpx300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.106PRB.usrpx300.conf
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.25PRB.usrpn300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.25PRB.usrpn300.conf
index 022f17e490e140b335f1443b9470bca5bfb0f4d5..d28ac755daf7b6b21e360bb4646ee23aaed05f97 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.25PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band66.tm1.25PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ L1s = (
 	{
 	num_cc = 1;
 	tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-	thread_pool_size = 8;
 	ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 	}
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.106PRB.slave.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.106PRB.slave.conf
index 812ac8dafbcb3924ea8cd496fcd3d0ad224f584b..6666d75de5d399fd4a4f1fc28e42db574bee67bf 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.106PRB.slave.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.106PRB.slave.conf
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.PTRS.usrpx300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.PTRS.usrpx300.conf
index 1450c45eee0830a579a4b481375a3246346ec4ae..807c7cd28b5f6c722881420c23a55b6400d5cc00 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.PTRS.usrpx300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.PTRS.usrpx300.conf
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpb210.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpb210.conf
index 562e2b16ab0e66c4d02e342892943f9a76fd1576..a818071029b0ca81c6619db5609cbc528d9d8f16 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpb210.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpb210.conf
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
index a8ecb8c4b6783ba5c29cfc9c16e88a85eb969918..9d4cf054be521b418baf59d6cd1ee86dd56ad2cd 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   max_ldpc_iterations = 5;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpx300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpx300.conf
index 10122b9eb2c7a9927e0aad416d0a07281735938c..8193e55979031971f30d17dba90ad8e7c5a2111e 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpx300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.106PRB.usrpx300.conf
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.217PRB.usrpn300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.217PRB.usrpn300.conf
index 20d01c2a00d9663cdf4cbfaa3adc9068a2e8f532..e951754bf0acdf4618e9c506d2599c3a79007849 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.217PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.217PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.217PRB.usrpx300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.217PRB.usrpx300.conf
index 44f3889eece0e356be101ae7b6bba7e55c386741..80d369beffb2e35a606e1b5b748d7bbfa8182607 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.217PRB.usrpx300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.217PRB.usrpx300.conf
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpb210.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpb210.conf
index fbafef81b412d1fd5637f60d689effc07ebbdcc5..f4791448fa789b88995835e45c412d3f17cb0d19 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpb210.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpb210.conf
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpn300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpn300.conf
index 38d6ed3c610193880649eb047f283b0265cfd2c6..34a6f35f11a1f4a253fa07e13e3888340ea0a9bf 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpx300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpx300.conf
index b7da7b17f4bd80d52c93652ea07e71b2bb4501bb..c9180420fcd6f7a0318d50e548039dd524906383 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpx300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.24PRB.usrpx300.conf
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.273PRB.usrpn300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.273PRB.usrpn300.conf
index 9f78716bcc20c4e802d6bb5c1a9bb3855035303a..6aaba26991dfe91b87cbdd869b15590a79263d95 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.273PRB.usrpn300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/gnb.band78.tm1.273PRB.usrpn300.conf
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/oaiL1.nfapi.usrpx300.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/oaiL1.nfapi.usrpx300.conf
index 9a0f1cb036c0420cecfd5e515e8861ade4fccee4..818cd3a0be8f04756395569a43420a5da2e74ed3 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/oaiL1.nfapi.usrpx300.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/oaiL1.nfapi.usrpx300.conf
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ L1s = (
   remote_n_portc   = 50001; // vnf p5 port
   local_n_portd    = 50010; // pnf p7 port
   remote_n_portd   = 50011; // vnf p7 port
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
 }
 );
 
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb.conf
index 9a3fe358a54a80e534f5941432c46766aeb4312d..bbc12027d225d1a252bc181ef3db7c6b74696e14 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb.conf
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb_24PRB.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb_24PRB.conf
index 9e1ae24d673fbf59d3dfae94235f22b32b42c029..6604568be11e4380b37cd4d6ae57e90bc6844630 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb_24PRB.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb_24PRB.conf
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
 }
 );
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb_nsa_n310.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb_nsa_n310.conf
index 35778ef7059023e9d9e8a0d909453b71c44005a2..ed3a3ce3857a1a2a898352677d4dd7c1a5d3338d 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb_nsa_n310.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/testing_gnb_nsa_n310.conf
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
 }
 );
 
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-NR-5GC/CONF/du_gnb.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-NR-5GC/CONF/du_gnb.conf
index 4309c13dd395a172e589e66b4efc469e585fbf04..a371380e6e78671721d0d2b3df177c3706441317 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-NR-5GC/CONF/du_gnb.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-NR-5GC/CONF/du_gnb.conf
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
   prach_dtx_threshold = 120;
   pucch0_dtx_threshold = 150;
   ofdm_offset_divisor = 8; #set this to UINT_MAX for offset 0
diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-NR-5GC/CONF/gnb.sa.band78.fr1.106PRB.usrpb210.sabox.conf b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-NR-5GC/CONF/gnb.sa.band78.fr1.106PRB.usrpb210.sabox.conf
index 6719a5534d43e8a522760c81119d954343418362..5fcad18f6d3dad9979858b209a66fce9c9615550 100644
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-NR-5GC/CONF/gnb.sa.band78.fr1.106PRB.usrpb210.sabox.conf
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-NR-5GC/CONF/gnb.sa.band78.fr1.106PRB.usrpb210.sabox.conf
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ L1s = (
 {
   num_cc = 1;
   tr_n_preference = "local_mac";
-  thread_pool_size = 8;
 }
 );