Grooming device for streamlining a plurality of input signal lines into a grouped set of output signals

A grooming device for streamlining a plurality telecommunication signals, comprising:

• an inbound retimer circuit operable to receive a plurality of inbound input signals, said inbound retimer circuit operable to generate an aligned input signal for each of said plurality of input signals, each aligned input signal being in phase with a reference phase signal of a reference clock;
• an inbound crosspoint matrix operable to receive said aligned input signals, said inbound crosspoint matrix operable to select from a plurality of inbound output signal ports for transmitting each aligned input signal to a plurality of matrix interface;
• an outbound retimer circuit operable to receive a plurality of outbound input signals from said plurality of matrix interfaces, and one or more of said plurality of inbound output signal ports for receiving aligned input signals in order to provide for looping back local traffic without transmitting aligned input signals to said matrix interfaces, said outbound retimer circuit operable to generate an aligned output signal for each of said plurality of outbound input signals, each aligned output signal being in phase with said reference phase signal of said reference clock;
• an outbound crosspoint matrix operable to receive said aligned output signals, said outbound crosspoint matrix operable to select from a plurality of outbound output signal ports for transmitting each aligned output signal.