A dynamically configurable wireless data bus switch for coupling a data bus to a wireless link, the dynamically configurable switch comprising: a configurable protocol adaption layer data plane (PALDP) providing a first interface to the data bus; a processor configured to execute a protocol adaption layer control plane (PALCP); the configurable PALDP being coupled to the processor and dynamically configurable by the PALCP; wherein the processor is further configured to execute an embedded station management entity (eSME); wherein the eSME is configured to: detect when the wireless data bus switch is not coupled to a host device, and upon such detection configured to: place the wireless data bus switch into a device protocol adaption layer (DPAL) mode, thereby managing the PALDP and the PALCP to collect statistics with respect to the wireless data bus switch without interaction with an external CPU, wherein the DPAL mode allows the wireless data bus switch to couple to a wireless domain managed by a host protocol adaption layer (HPAL) mode switch, and wherein the HPAL mode switch is coupled to the host device or another host device. a configurable protocol adaption layer data plane (PALDP) providing a first interface to the data bus; a processor configured to execute a protocol adaption layer control plane (PALCP); the configurable PALDP being coupled to the processor and dynamically configurable by the PALCP; wherein the processor is further configured to execute an embedded station management entity (eSME); wherein the eSME is configured to: detect when the wireless data bus switch is not coupled to a host device, and upon such detection configured to: place the wireless data bus switch into a device protocol adaption layer (DPAL) mode, thereby managing the PALDP and the PALCP to collect statistics with respect to the wireless data bus switch without interaction with an external CPU, wherein the DPAL mode allows the wireless data bus switch to couple to a wireless domain managed by a host protocol adaption layer (HPAL) mode switch, and wherein the HPAL mode switch is coupled to the host device or another host device. detect when the wireless data bus switch is not coupled to a host device, and upon such detection configured to: place the wireless data bus switch into a device protocol adaption layer (DPAL) mode, thereby managing the PALDP and the PALCP to collect statistics with respect to the wireless data bus switch without interaction with an external CPU, wherein the DPAL mode allows the wireless data bus switch to couple to a wireless domain managed by a host protocol adaption layer (HPAL) mode switch, and wherein the HPAL mode switch is coupled to the host device or another host device. place the wireless data bus switch into a device protocol adaption layer (DPAL) mode, thereby managing the PALDP and the PALCP to collect statistics with respect to the wireless data bus switch without interaction with an external CPU, wherein the DPAL mode allows the wireless data bus switch to couple to a wireless domain managed by a host protocol adaption layer (HPAL) mode switch, and wherein the HPAL mode switch is coupled to the host device or another host device.