Systems and methods for using role-based voice communication channels

A communication system configured for managing voice communication channels used by a group of people interacting with each other, the system comprising:

• electronic storage configured to electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups selected from a set of communication groups, wherein individual ones of the one or more communication groups are specific to one or more roles of the people interacting within the group of people, wherein individual associations are between the individual voice communication channels and individual subsets of the set of communication groups;
• one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
• receive a first device-specific packet from a first communication device associated with a first person from the group of people, wherein the first device-specific packet is received during a first uplink time period and includes packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the first communication device, wherein the first uplink time period occurs within a first time frame, wherein the first device-specific packet is targeted to a first subset of communication groups selected from the set of communication groups;
• receive a second device-specific packet from a second communication device associated with a second person from the group of people, wherein the second device-specific packet is received during a second uplink time period and includes packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the second communication device, wherein the second uplink time period occurs within a second time frame, wherein the second device-specific packet is targeted to a second subset of communication groups selected from the set of communication groups;
• receive a third device-specific packet from a third communication device associated with a third person from the group of people, wherein the third device-specific packet is received during a third uplink time period and includes packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the third communication device, wherein the third uplink time period occurs within a third time frame, wherein the third device-specific packet is targeted to a third subset of communication groups selected from the set of communication groups;
• generate a first downlink packet that includes packetized downlink information that is organized in a set of broadcast channels, wherein individual ones of the set of broadcast channels are used for audio information received in device-specific packets that were targeted to the individual voice communication channels, in accordance with the individual subsets of the set of communication groups that correspond to the individual associations pertaining to the individual voice communication channels, respectively;
• and
• transmit the first downlink packet to a set of end-user communication devices, including the first, second, and third communication devices.