Patent ID: 8456985

Claim:
A vehicle crew communications system comprising: a. at least one base station having a first plurality of channels, wherein each channel of said plurality of channels comprises a second plurality of slots; b. an intercom communicatively coupled to said at least one base station via a microphone input in said intercom; c. at least one wireless headset wirelessly communicatively coupled via a wireless Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) link to a particular one base station of said at least one base station; d. wherein the system further comprises: i. a plurality of wireless headsets, of said at least one wireless headset, concurrently usable with one base station of said at least one base station; ii. full duplex communication over digitally encrypted Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) protocol links from one said base station; and iii. automatic selection of said slot and said channel to avoid interference, wherein said selection is transparent to said users.