Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for managing a registration state of an endpoint node in a network address port translation environment. A registration message is received from a first endpoint node located within a local network. The registration message is sent from the first endpoint node to a gatekeeper node, and the registration message includes a local source address of the first endpoint node, a local source port of the first endpoint node, and local call signaling information to be used by another endpoint node to initiate a data connection with the first endpoint node. The local source address of the first endpoint node is translated into a first global address. A first binding that associates the local source address with the global source address is created. The local call signaling information is translated into global call signaling information. A registration state of the first endpoint node is maintained, and the first binding is maintained based on the registration state (e.g.