Method and apparatus for merging call components during call reconstruction

A secondary communication server for assuming control of at least one communication formerly controlled by a primary communication server in the event of a failure, comprising:

• (a) an input operable to (i) receive, from a first communication node, first communication information, wherein the first communication information is associated with the at least one communication and comprises at least one of a first node identifier and a communication identifier, the first node identifier is associated with a second communication node, the communication identifier is associated with the at least one communication, and the second communication node comprises second communication information associated with the at least one communication and/or second node and (ii) thereafter receive, from the second communication node, the second communication information;
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• (b) a reconstruction agent operable to identify the second communication information based on the at least one of a first node identifier and communication identifier.

A first media gateway, comprising:

• a first node identifier associated with a second media gateway, the first and second media gateways handling a common communication, the common communication involving an inter gateway connection between the first and second media gateways, and the first node identifier being further associated with the common communication.