System and network element for radio access. # Radio access element and a system comprising the same are described. The element (1) comprises an active antenna (2) with a first (Mi) and a second (M? J) set of modules for radio frequency in a same hardware platform and further comprising a digital platform (3) connected to said platform hardware with a single power supply connection (7). The digital platform (3) comprises: # - modules baseband operating in 2G, 3G and / or LTE; # - processing means for control plane of 2G and 3G access; # - routing means for data lu , Gb or S1 to relay from a location retransmission; # - at least one Ethernet (4, 5) connected to an IP address assigned to the access element radio; # - at least two optical ports (6, 6?) for connection chain (24) with a pair of radio access in the same location retransmission.