Communicating a neural network formation configuration

A method performed by a user equipment associated with a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

• receiving a neural network table that includes a plurality of neural network formation configuration elements;
• receiving a first message that directs the user equipment to form a first deep neural network using a first neural network formation configuration based on one or more neural network formation configuration elements in the plurality of neural network formation configuration elements;
• forming the first deep neural network based on the first neural network formation configuration;
• processing control channel communications transmitted over the wireless communication system using the first deep neural network;
• receiving a second message that directs the user equipment to form a second deep neural network using a second neural network formation configuration;
• forming the second deep neural network based on the second neural network formation configuration;
• and
• processing data channel communications transmitted over the wireless communication system using the second deep neural network.

A network entity comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions to implement a deep neural network manager module that, responsive to execution by the processor, directs the network entity to perform operations comprising:
• transmitting, to a user equipment, a neural network table that includes a plurality of neural network formation configuration elements, each neural network formation configuration element of the plurality of neural network formation configuration elements configuring at least a portion of a deep neural network for processing communications transmitted over a wireless communication system;
• selecting one or more neural network formation configuration elements from the plurality of neural network formation configuration elements to create a first neural network formation configuration;
• transmitting, to the user equipment, a first indication to the user equipment to direct the user equipment to form a first deep neural network using the first neural network formation configuration and to process control channel communications using the first deep neural network;
• determining a second neural network formation configuration;
• and
• transmitting, to the user equipment, a second indication to direct the user equipment to form a second deep neural network using the second neural network formation configuration and to process data channel communications transmitted over the wireless communication system using the second deep neural network.