A distributed antenna system includes a plurality of head-end devices for each receiving mobile communication signals from at least one corresponding base station, a hub communicatively coupled to the plurality of head-end devices, and a plurality of remote devices communicatively coupled to the hub, wherein the hub configured to distribute the mobile communication signals received from each of the plurality of head-end devices to the plurality of remote devices, wherein each of the plurality of remote devices is remotely disposed to transmit the distributed mobile communication signals to a terminal in service coverage, and wherein the hub includes a mixing processing stage configured to perform digital mixing processing on the mobile communication signals respectively received from the plurality of head-end devices, and a crest factor reduction (CFR) module disposed posterior to the mixing processing stage, with respect to a signal transmission direction.