Consistency between model training and usage for uplink control channel data encoding

An apparatus configured for wireless communication, comprising a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause a network entity to:

• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), information indicating a set of criteria for training or using a model associated with encoding uplink control channel data, wherein the set of criteria includes a criterion associated with an uplink control channel data distribution;
• receive an indication that at least one criterion of the set of criteria is satisfied,
• wherein the at least one criterion includes the criterion associated with the uplink control channel data distribution;
• and
• transmit an inference configuration that includes a set of parameter values associated with the model.

A method of wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving, from a network entity, information indicating a set of criteria for training or using a model associated with encoding uplink control channel data, wherein the set of criteria includes a criterion associated with an uplink control channel data distribution;
• and
• performing one or more operations associated with training or using the model based at least in part on a determination that at least one criterion, of the set of criteria, is satisfied,
• wherein the at least one criterion includes the criterion associated with the uplink control channel data distribution.