A method for wireless communication by an apparatus, comprising: receiving a codeword over a wireless channel, the codeword encoded using a polar code; identifying a set of bit locations of the polar code corresponding to information bits of an encoded information bit vector, wherein: the set of bit locations is determined based at least in part on a reliability order of the bit locations of the polar code, the reliability order is determined at least in part by a recursive model that includes at least one mutual information transfer function that is applied at each polarization stage of a plurality of polarization stages of the polar code, and the at least one mutual information transfer function is based at least in part on a binary erasure channel, BEC, function and characterized in that the at least one mutual information transfer function is further based at least in part on a correction term, wherein the correction term is based at least in part on a bit channel capacity of the each polarization stage, wherein the correction term comprises an offset applied to the bit channel capacity, wherein the correction term comprises a scaling factor applied to the offset bit channel capacity, and wherein the correction term comprises an offset applied to the scaled and offset bit channel capacity; and decoding the received codeword to obtain the information bit vector at the set of bit locations . receiving a codeword over a wireless channel, the codeword encoded using a polar code; identifying a set of bit locations of the polar code corresponding to information bits of an encoded information bit vector, wherein: the set of bit locations is determined based at least in part on a reliability order of the bit locations of the polar code, the reliability order is determined at least in part by a recursive model that includes at least one mutual information transfer function that is applied at each polarization stage of a plurality of polarization stages of the polar code, and the at least one mutual information transfer function is based at least in part on a binary erasure channel, BEC, function and characterized in that the at least one mutual information transfer function is further based at least in part on a correction term, wherein the correction term is based at least in part on a bit channel capacity of the each polarization stage, wherein the correction term comprises an offset applied to the bit channel capacity, wherein the correction term comprises a scaling factor applied to the offset bit channel capacity, and wherein the correction term comprises an offset applied to the scaled and offset bit channel capacity; and the set of bit locations is determined based at least in part on a reliability order of the bit locations of the polar code, the reliability order is determined at least in part by a recursive model that includes at least one mutual information transfer function that is applied at each polarization stage of a plurality of polarization stages of the polar code, and the at least one mutual information transfer function is based at least in part on a binary erasure channel, BEC, function and characterized in that the at least one mutual information transfer function is further based at least in part on a correction term, wherein the correction term is based at least in part on a bit channel capacity of the each polarization stage, wherein the correction term comprises an offset applied to the bit channel capacity, wherein the correction term comprises a scaling factor applied to the offset bit channel capacity, and wherein the correction term comprises an offset applied to the scaled and offset bit channel capacity; and decoding the received codeword to obtain the information bit vector at the set of bit locations . <EOS>