Provided is a bus network system including: a master node switch; and a plurality of slave node switches, wherein each of the plurality of slave node switches includes at least one band limit switch configured to transmit signals in a given band, and each of the plurality of slave node switches is configured to be physically on/off controlled.

Provided is a bus network system including: a master node switch; and a plurality of slave node switches, wherein each of the plurality of slave node switches includes at least one band limit switch configured to transmit signals in a given band, and each of the plurality of slave node switches is configured to be physically on/off controlled.

A method of operating a network device is provided. The method can include obtaining incoming data packets, conveying the incoming data packets through a parallel data bus, and using a demultiplexer to split the incoming data packets being conveyed through the parallel data bus onto a plurality of separate independent data paths within the network device. The method can further include using a multiplexer to aggregate or merge data packets from the plurality of data paths onto an egress parallel data bus.