User's Manual  290  Document #: LTRT-10532 
 
  Mediant 500L Gateway & E-SBC 
respond, for example, due to connectivity loss (i.e., the Routing server sends an HTTP 404 
"Not Found" message), the device routes the call using its routing tables. If the Get Route 
request is not the first one sent for the call (e.g., in call forwarding or alternative routing) 
and the Routing server responds with an HTTP 404 "Not Found" message, the device 
rejects the call. 
This HTTP request-response transaction for the routing path occurs between Routing 
server and each device in the route path (hops) as the call traverses the devices to its final 
destination. Each device in the call path connects to the Routing server, which responds 
with the next hop in the route path. Each device considers the call as an incoming call from 
an IP Group or Trunk Group. The session ID (SID) is generated by the first device in the 
path and then passed unchanged down the route path, enabling the Routing server to 
uniquely identify requests belonging to the same call session.  
Communication between the device and the Routing server is through the device's 
embedded Representational State Transfer (RESTful) API. The RESTful API is used to 
manage the routing-related information exchanged between the Routing server (RESTful 
server) and the device (RESTful client). When you have configured the device with 
connection settings of the Routing sever and the device starts-up, it connects to the 
Routing server and activates the RESTful API, which triggers the routing-related API 
commands.  
The following figure provides an example of information exchange between devices and a 
Routing server for routing calls: 
Figure  15-46: Example of Call Routing Information Exchange between Devices and Routing 
Server 
 
The Routing server can also manipulate call data such as calling name, if required. It can 
also create new IP Groups and associated configuration entities, if necessary for routing. 
Multiple Routing servers can also be employed, whereby each device in the chain path can 
use a specific Routing server. Alternatively, a single Routing server can be employed and 
used for all devices ("stateful" Routing server).  
The device automatically updates (sends) the Routing server with its' configuration 
topology regarding SIP routing-related entities (Trunk Groups, SRDs, SIP Interfaces, and 
IP Groups) that have been configured for use by the Routing server. For example, if you 
add a new IP Group and enable it for use by the Routing server, the device sends this