Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES) is supported in case of a Routing Engine failure. A failure of the Routing Engine stops the PGCP process. When the JUNOS software high-availability framework detects the Routing Engine failure, it switches control of the packet gateway to the PGCP process on the backup Routing Engine. The PGCP process stores completed H.248 states, and these states survive a restart or a switchover. After the restart or switchover is completed, the PGCP process reapplies the states.