A communication system configured for assigning particular voice communication channels used by a crew of employees using communication devices, wherein the communication devices include a first communication device, a second communication device, and a third communication device, the system comprising:
- electronic storage configured to electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with communication groups, wherein individual ones of the communication groups are specific to one or more roles of the employees, wherein individual associations are between the individual voice communication channels and subsets of the communication groups, wherein the communication groups include a first communication group, a second communication group, and a third communication group;
- one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
- receive, from a first employee, first user input that identifies one or more of the first employee, a first role of the first employee, and/or a first given communication group associated with the first employee, wherein the first employee is associated with the first communication device;
- receive, from a second employee, second user input that identifies one or more of the second employee, a second role of the second employee, and/or a second given communication group associated with the second employee, wherein the second employee is associated with the second communication device;
- automatically determine a first set of communication channel assignments for the first communication device, wherein a first communication channel is assigned to the first given communication group, wherein a second communication channel is assigned to a first subset of the communication groups, wherein the first subset includes the first given communication group and at least one other communication group, wherein a third communication channel is assigned to a second subset of the communication groups, wherein the second subset includes the first given communication group and at least one additional communication group such that the second subset is different from the first subset;
- configure the first communication device according to the determined first set of communication channel assignments;
- receive a first device-specific packet from the first communication device associated with the first employee, wherein the first device-specific packet includes packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the first communication device, wherein the first device-specific packet is targeted to the first communication group;
- receive a second device-specific packet from the second communication device associated with the second employee, wherein the second device-specific packet includes packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the second communication device, wherein the second device-specific packet is targeted to the second communication group;
- receive a third device-specific packet from the third communication device associated with a third employee, wherein the third device-specific packet includes packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the third communication device, wherein the third device-specific packet is targeted to the third communication group;
- generate a first downlink packet that includes packetized downlink information that is organized in a set of broadcast channels, wherein individual broadcast channels are used for audio information previously received in device-specific packets that were targeted to individual ones of the subsets of the communication groups;
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- transmit the first downlink packet to a set of the communication devices, including the first communication device, wherein the first communication device is configured to receive user input from the first employee that selects a given communication channel, wherein the given communication channel is one of the first communication channel, the second communication channel, or the third communication channel, and wherein the first communication device is further configured to present audio information received in any of the individual broadcast channels that are associated with any of the individual subsets of the communication groups that include the given communication channel as selected.