A method of coding at least part of an audio signal in order to obtain an encoded signal, the method comprising the steps of: predictive coding the at least part of the audio signal in order to obtain prediction coefficients which represent temporal properties of the at least part of the audio signal; transforming the prediction coefficients into a set of times representing the prediction coefficients; wherein said transforming consists in mapping each line spectral frequency corresponding to each of said prediction coefficient, onto a temporal value in a frame; and including the set of times in the encoded signal; the method being characterized in that it further includes: segmenting the at least part of an audio signal in at least a first frame and a second frame with the first frame and the second frame having an overlap including at least one time of each frame; and at least one of: including a derived time in the encoded signal for a pair of times consisting of one time of the first frame in the overlap and one time of the second frame in the overlap, the derived time being a weighted average of the one time of the first frame and the one time of the second frame; and differentially encoding a given time of the second frame with respect to a time in the first frame. predictive coding the at least part of the audio signal in order to obtain prediction coefficients which represent temporal properties of the at least part of the audio signal; transforming the prediction coefficients into a set of times representing the prediction coefficients; wherein said transforming consists in mapping each line spectral frequency corresponding to each of said prediction coefficient, onto a temporal value in a frame; and including the set of times in the encoded signal; the method being characterized in that it further includes: segmenting the at least part of an audio signal in at least a first frame and a second frame with the first frame and the second frame having an overlap including at least one time of each frame; and at least one of: including a derived time in the encoded signal for a pair of times consisting of one time of the first frame in the overlap and one time of the second frame in the overlap, the derived time being a weighted average of the one time of the first frame and the one time of the second frame; and differentially encoding a given time of the second frame with respect to a time in the first frame. segmenting the at least part of an audio signal in at least a first frame and a second frame with the first frame and the second frame having an overlap including at least one time of each frame; and at least one of: including a derived time in the encoded signal for a pair of times consisting of one time of the first frame in the overlap and one time of the second frame in the overlap, the derived time being a weighted average of the one time of the first frame and the one time of the second frame; and differentially encoding a given time of the second frame with respect to a time in the first frame. including a derived time in the encoded signal for a pair of times consisting of one time of the first frame in the overlap and one time of the second frame in the overlap, the derived time being a weighted average of the one time of the first frame and the one time of the second frame; and differentially encoding a given time of the second frame with respect to a time in the first frame.