MCX is a collective term for 3 services: Mission Critical Push to Talk, Mission Critical Voice, and Mission Critical Data). These services provide communication when the network is down, or are very high priority for emergency or other critical circumstances where timely and reliable communication is required. Some typical users might be law enforcement or emergency response teams
On/Off Network Operation
Private, Group, Broadcast, Chat Group Calls
Emergency Communications
Upgrade/Downgrade
Automatic/Manual Commencement
Floor Control
UE Authentication/Authorization
Key/Identity/Configuration/Group Management
Location Information
MBMS
On/Off Network Operation
Private, Group, Broadcast, Chat Group Calls
Automatic/Manual Commencement
Emergency Communications
Upgrade/Downgrade
On/Off Network Operation
Short Data Service using Control and Data Plane
Group Standalone and Standalone SDS
File Distribution using HTTP and Data Plane
SDS Transport to Client and Group
Retransmission of SDS Message
3GPP 36.579-x
3GPP 24.48x