A method for reducing peak power of a signal in a multi-band radio communication system, comprising: receiving a plurality of baseband signals; obtaining frequency information associated with each of said plurality of baseband signals; adjusting a frequency of each of the baseband signals using respective frequency information from the obtained frequency information to generate a plurality of frequency adjusted baseband signals; combining the plurality of frequency adjusted baseband signals into a single, multi-band signal; clipping the single, multi-band signal to generate a second error signal by: providing the single, multi-band signal as a first input signal to a first peak power reduction stage on both a first primary signal path and on a first error signal path; time shifting said first input signal on said first error signal path by a first predetermined time increment to generate a first time shifted input signal; generating a first error signal based on a peak power threshold using said first time shifted input signal; and filtering said first error signal to remove out-of-band signal energy and to reverse time shift said first error signal by said first predetermined time increment to generate the second error signal; providing the second error signal to a plurality of paths, each associated with one of the plurality of baseband signals; adjusting a frequency of the second error signal on each of the plurality of paths based on the respective frequency information to shift the second error signal on each of the plurality of paths back to a respective baseband frequency; and subtracting each of the frequency adjusted second error signals from a respective one of the plurality of baseband signals to generate a plurality of peak power compensated baseband signals. receiving a plurality of baseband signals; obtaining frequency information associated with each of said plurality of baseband signals; adjusting a frequency of each of the baseband signals using respective frequency information from the obtained frequency information to generate a plurality of frequency adjusted baseband signals; combining the plurality of frequency adjusted baseband signals into a single, multi-band signal; clipping the single, multi-band signal to generate a second error signal by: providing the single, multi-band signal as a first input signal to a first peak power reduction stage on both a first primary signal path and on a first error signal path; time shifting said first input signal on said first error signal path by a first predetermined time increment to generate a first time shifted input signal; generating a first error signal based on a peak power threshold using said first time shifted input signal; and filtering said first error signal to remove out-of-band signal energy and to reverse time shift said first error signal by said first predetermined time increment to generate the second error signal; providing the single, multi-band signal as a first input signal to a first peak power reduction stage on both a first primary signal path and on a first error signal path; time shifting said first input signal on said first error signal path by a first predetermined time increment to generate a first time shifted input signal; generating a first error signal based on a peak power threshold using said first time shifted input signal; and filtering said first error signal to remove out-of-band signal energy and to reverse time shift said first error signal by said first predetermined time increment to generate the second error signal; providing the second error signal to a plurality of paths, each associated with one of the plurality of baseband signals; adjusting a frequency of the second error signal on each of the plurality of paths based on the respective frequency information to shift the second error signal on each of the plurality of paths back to a respective baseband frequency; and subtracting each of the frequency adjusted second error signals from a respective one of the plurality of baseband signals to generate a plurality of peak power compensated baseband signals.