A system, components and methods provide FEC decoding in a wireless communication system in which signal to noise ratio estimation is used for scaling information captured by a demodulator in processing received wireless communication signals. An optical communication system using this surface emitting laser is also provided. In accordance with the invention, an adjacent input port is connected with the same optical content. A first and second plurality of teeth is provided along an extent of the first and second arms, respectively. The system and method rely on intelligent agent processing, in accordance with rules that are incorporated within the database, to monitor and control the process, including such features as automatic status notification to the transaction participants.