A system and method for use in obtaining precise positional information relating to one or more points. The specific router includes a plurality of first buffers that temporarily store flits from the input switching device. The particle sorting system may include a plurality of closely coupled sorting modules which are combined to further increase the sorting rate. The aim of the invention is to improve a measuring device of this type in order to be able to easily determine, in addition to the position of the body in relation to the container in a longitudinal direction, the position to the body in relation to the container in the transverse direction with a relatively high level of accuracy.