Aspects described herein relate to receiving, from a network node, a list of supported models or model structures (MS) identifiers (IDs) per machine learning function name (MLFN) or machine learning feature (MLF) at the network node, updating a capability at the UE to an updated capability based on the list of supported models or MS IDs per MLFN or MLF at the network node, and downloading, at the UE and from a model repository, one or more models or MSs per MLFN or MLF based on the updated capability and available resources at the UE. Other aspects relate to transmitting the list of supported models or MS IDs and configuring use of a model or MS ID for a particular MLFN or MLF.