The MC gateway UE enables access to the MC system for MC clients either hosted on the MC gateway UE or hosted on non-3GPP devices. MC clients hosted in a non-3GPP device utilize MC service identities that are transparently passed through the MC gateway UE. This is further illustrated in
clause 11.3.2.
MC clients hosted in MC gateway UE also utilize unique MC service identities and share one common IMS subscription that is unique for MC gateway UE. This is further illustrated in
subclause 11.3.3.
If the MC clients are hosted by non-3GPP devices or the MC clients are hosted by the MC gateway UE, an MC service user corresponding to an MC client uses a dedicated IMS/SIP subscription without any relation to the MC gateway UE subscription.
Figure 11.3.2-1 depicts the use of the IMS Credential (IMC) application in accordance with
TS 23.228.
The MC service user profiles are independent of the MC gateway MC service user profile.
The MC clients, instantiated at the MC gateway UE on behalf of the non-3GPP devices which cannot host an MC client, rely on the IMS subscription provided by the MC gateway UE. In this case, the MC clients instantiated at the MC gateway UE share the credentials from the IMS subscription of the MC gateway UE, as shown in
Figure 11.3.3-1.