Audio system configured for audio performance environments requiring low audio latency and high scalability

A first audio device configured to support low latency audio monitoring, the first audio device being configured to:

• receive a carrier wave from an audio channel allocation device, wherein the carrier wave comprises an indication of an allocation of audio channels for one or more audio devices, comprising the first audio device, to a plurality of resource blocks in a frequency dimension in a plurality of symbol periods of a time dimension, and wherein a first subset of the audio channels is orthogonal to a second subset of the audio channels in at least one of the frequency dimension or the time dimension, and
• based on the allocation of the audio channels, perform communication, via a subsequent carrier wave, of an audio payload;
• and
• wherein the first audio device comprises a circuit configured to:
• based on the audio payload, generate an audio output for output via one or more output devices, or
• based on audio input via one or more input devices, generate the audio payload for transmission by the first audio device.

A method for supporting low latency audio monitoring, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a first audio device among one or more audio devices, a carrier wave from an audio channel allocation device, wherein the carrier wave comprises an indication of an allocation of audio channels for the one or more audio devices to a plurality of resource blocks positioned orthogonally in a wideband portion of a frequency dimension in a plurality of symbol periods of a time dimension, and wherein a first subset of the audio channels is orthogonal to a second subset of the audio channels in at least one of the frequency dimension or the time dimension, and
• based on the allocation of the audio channels, performing communication, via a subsequent carrier wave, of an audio payload;
• and
• wherein the method further comprises:
• based on the audio payload, generating an audio output for output via one or more output devices, or
• based on audio input via one or more input devices, generating the audio payload for transmission by the first audio device.