diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java
index df4ac5c..ffde400 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.store.cluster.messaging.Endpoint;
 import org.onosproject.store.cluster.messaging.MessageSubject;
 import org.onosproject.store.cluster.messaging.MessagingService;
+import org.onosproject.utils.MeteringAgent;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
 @Component(immediate = true)
 @Service
@@ -55,6 +57,18 @@
 
     private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
+    private final MeteringAgent subjectMeteringAgent = new MeteringAgent(PRIMITIVE_NAME, SUBJECT_PREFIX, true);
+    private final MeteringAgent endpointMeteringAgent = new MeteringAgent(PRIMITIVE_NAME, ENDPOINT_PREFIX, true);
+
+    private static final String PRIMITIVE_NAME = "clusterCommunication";
+    private static final String SUBJECT_PREFIX = "subject";
+    private static final String ENDPOINT_PREFIX = "endpoint";
+
+    private static final String SERIALIZING = "serialization";
+    private static final String DESERIALIZING = "deserialization";
+    private static final String NODE_PREFIX = "node:";
+    private static final String ROUND_TRIP_SUFFIX = ".rtt";
+
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     private ClusterService clusterService;
 
@@ -110,7 +124,8 @@
             byte[] payload = new ClusterMessage(
                     localNodeId,
                     subject,
-                    encoder.apply(message)).getBytes();
+                    timeFunction(encoder, subjectMeteringAgent, SERIALIZING).apply(message)
+                    ).getBytes();
             return doUnicast(subject, payload, toNodeId);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             return Tools.exceptionalFuture(e);
@@ -125,7 +140,8 @@
         byte[] payload = new ClusterMessage(
                 localNodeId,
                 subject,
-                encoder.apply(message)).getBytes();
+                timeFunction(encoder, subjectMeteringAgent, SERIALIZING).apply(message))
+                .getBytes();
         nodes.forEach(nodeId -> doUnicast(subject, payload, nodeId));
     }
 
@@ -139,8 +155,10 @@
             ClusterMessage envelope = new ClusterMessage(
                     clusterService.getLocalNode().id(),
                     subject,
-                    encoder.apply(message));
-            return sendAndReceive(subject, envelope.getBytes(), toNodeId).thenApply(decoder);
+                    timeFunction(encoder, subjectMeteringAgent, SERIALIZING).
+                            apply(message));
+            return sendAndReceive(subject, envelope.getBytes(), toNodeId).
+                    thenApply(bytes -> timeFunction(decoder, subjectMeteringAgent, DESERIALIZING).apply(bytes));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             return Tools.exceptionalFuture(e);
         }
@@ -157,7 +175,15 @@
         ControllerNode node = clusterService.getNode(toNodeId);
         checkArgument(node != null, "Unknown nodeId: %s", toNodeId);
         Endpoint nodeEp = new Endpoint(node.ip(), node.tcpPort());
-        return messagingService.sendAndReceive(nodeEp, subject.value(), payload);
+        final MeteringAgent.Context epContext = endpointMeteringAgent.
+                startTimer(NODE_PREFIX + toNodeId.toString() + ROUND_TRIP_SUFFIX);
+        final MeteringAgent.Context subjectContext = subjectMeteringAgent.
+                startTimer(subject.toString() + ROUND_TRIP_SUFFIX);
+        return messagingService.sendAndReceive(nodeEp, subject.value(), payload).
+                whenComplete((bytes, throwable) -> {
+                    subjectContext.stop(throwable);
+                    epContext.stop(throwable);
+                });
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -213,6 +239,40 @@
                 executor);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Performs the timed function, returning the value it would while timing the operation.
+     *
+     * @param timedFunction the function to be timed
+     * @param meter the metering agent to be used to time the function
+     * @param opName the opname to be used when starting the meter
+     * @param <A> The param type of the function
+     * @param <B> The return type of the function
+     * @return the value returned by the timed function
+     */
+    private <A, B> Function<A, B> timeFunction(Function<A, B> timedFunction,
+                                               MeteringAgent meter, String opName) {
+        checkNotNull(timedFunction);
+        checkNotNull(meter);
+        checkNotNull(opName);
+        return new Function<A, B>() {
+            @Override
+            public B apply(A a) {
+                final MeteringAgent.Context context = meter.startTimer(opName);
+                B result = null;
+                try {
+                    result = timedFunction.apply(a);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    context.stop(e);
+                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                } finally {
+                    context.stop(null);
+                    return result;
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+
     private class InternalClusterMessageHandler implements BiFunction<Endpoint, byte[], byte[]> {
         private ClusterMessageHandler handler;
 
@@ -243,7 +303,9 @@
 
         @Override
         public CompletableFuture<byte[]> apply(Endpoint sender, byte[] bytes) {
-            return handler.apply(decoder.apply(ClusterMessage.fromBytes(bytes).payload())).thenApply(encoder);
+            return handler.apply(timeFunction(decoder, subjectMeteringAgent, DESERIALIZING).
+                    apply(ClusterMessage.fromBytes(bytes).payload())).
+                    thenApply(m -> timeFunction(encoder, subjectMeteringAgent, SERIALIZING).apply(m));
         }
     }
 
@@ -258,7 +320,8 @@
 
         @Override
         public void accept(Endpoint sender, byte[] bytes) {
-            consumer.accept(decoder.apply(ClusterMessage.fromBytes(bytes).payload()));
+            consumer.accept(timeFunction(decoder, subjectMeteringAgent, DESERIALIZING).
+                    apply(ClusterMessage.fromBytes(bytes).payload()));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter.java
index 1a38727..6a79292 100644
--- a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter.java
+++ b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.onosproject.store.primitives.impl;
 
 import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncAtomicCounter;
+import org.onosproject.utils.MeteringAgent;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 
diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicValue.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicValue.java
index 7bbd9d3..1d42a97 100644
--- a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicValue.java
+++ b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicValue.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import org.onosproject.utils.MeteringAgent;
 
 
 public class DefaultAsyncAtomicValue<V> implements AsyncAtomicValue<V> {
diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncConsistentMap.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncConsistentMap.java
index 281fd16..958734c 100644
--- a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncConsistentMap.java
+++ b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncConsistentMap.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.store.service.MapEventListener;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.Serializer;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.Versioned;
+import org.onosproject.utils.MeteringAgent;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncDistributedSet.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncDistributedSet.java
index aaa44aa..fe680aa 100644
--- a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncDistributedSet.java
+++ b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAsyncDistributedSet.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import org.onosproject.utils.MeteringAgent;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link AsyncDistributedSet}.
diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultDistributedQueue.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultDistributedQueue.java
index 8ea1d72..e4cf65f 100644
--- a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultDistributedQueue.java
+++ b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultDistributedQueue.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.store.service.DistributedPrimitive;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.DistributedQueue;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.Serializer;
+import org.onosproject.utils.MeteringAgent;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/MeteredAsyncConsistentMap.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/MeteredAsyncConsistentMap.java
index 540d0ad..c397f30 100644
--- a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/MeteredAsyncConsistentMap.java
+++ b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/MeteredAsyncConsistentMap.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import org.onosproject.utils.MeteringAgent;
 
 /**
  * {@link AsyncConsistentMap} that meters all its operations.
diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/MeteringAgent.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/MeteringAgent.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 27a422e..0000000
--- a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/MeteringAgent.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.onosproject.store.primitives.impl;
-
-import com.codahale.metrics.Counter;
-import com.codahale.metrics.Timer;
-import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
-import org.onlab.metrics.MetricsComponent;
-import org.onlab.metrics.MetricsFeature;
-import org.onlab.metrics.MetricsService;
-import org.onlab.osgi.DefaultServiceDirectory;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
-
-/**
- * Agent that implements usage and performance monitoring via the metrics service.
- */
-public class MeteringAgent {
-
-    private Counter exceptionCounter;
-    private Counter perObjExceptionCounter;
-    private MetricsService metricsService;
-    private MetricsComponent metricsComponent;
-    private MetricsFeature metricsFeature;
-    private final Map<String, Timer> perObjOpTimers = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
-    private final Map<String, Timer> perOpTimers = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
-    private Timer perPrimitiveTimer;
-    private Timer perObjTimer;
-    private MetricsFeature wildcard;
-    private final boolean activated;
-    private Context nullTimer;
-
-    /**
-     * Constructs a new MeteringAgent for a given distributed primitive.
-     * Instantiates the metrics service
-     * Initializes all the general metrics for that object
-     *
-     * @param primitiveName Type of primitive to be metered
-     * @param objName Global name of the primitive
-     * @param activated boolean flag for whether metering is enabled or not
-     */
-    public MeteringAgent(String primitiveName, String objName, boolean activated) {
-        checkNotNull(objName, "Object name cannot be null");
-        this.activated = activated;
-        nullTimer = new Context(null, "");
-        if (this.activated) {
-            this.metricsService = DefaultServiceDirectory.getService(MetricsService.class);
-            this.metricsComponent = metricsService.registerComponent(primitiveName);
-            this.metricsFeature = metricsComponent.registerFeature(objName);
-            this.wildcard = metricsComponent.registerFeature("*");
-            this.perObjTimer = metricsService.createTimer(metricsComponent, metricsFeature, "*");
-            this.perPrimitiveTimer = metricsService.createTimer(metricsComponent, wildcard, "*");
-            this.perObjExceptionCounter = metricsService.createCounter(metricsComponent, metricsFeature, "exceptions");
-            this.exceptionCounter = metricsService.createCounter(metricsComponent, wildcard, "exceptions");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Initializes a specific timer for a given operation.
-     *
-     * @param op Specific operation being metered
-     * @return timer context
-     */
-    public Context startTimer(String op) {
-        if (!activated) {
-            return nullTimer;
-        }
-        // Check if timer exists, if it doesn't creates it
-        final Timer currTimer = perObjOpTimers.computeIfAbsent(op, timer ->
-                metricsService.createTimer(metricsComponent, metricsFeature, op));
-        perOpTimers.computeIfAbsent(op, timer -> metricsService.createTimer(metricsComponent, wildcard, op));
-        // Starts timer
-        return new Context(currTimer.time(), op);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Timer.Context with a specific operation.
-     */
-    public class Context {
-        private final Timer.Context context;
-        private final String operation;
-
-        /**
-         * Constructs Context.
-         *
-         * @param context context
-         * @param operation operation name
-         */
-        public Context(Timer.Context context, String operation) {
-            this.context = context;
-            this.operation = operation;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Stops timer given a specific context and updates all related metrics.
-         * @param e throwable
-         */
-        public void stop(Throwable e) {
-            if (!activated) {
-                return;
-            }
-            if (e == null) {
-                //Stop and updates timer with specific measurements per map, per operation
-                final long time = context.stop();
-                //updates timer with aggregated measurements per map
-                perOpTimers.get(operation).update(time, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
-                //updates timer with aggregated measurements per map
-                perObjTimer.update(time, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
-                //updates timer with aggregated measurements per all Consistent Maps
-                perPrimitiveTimer.update(time, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
-            } else {
-                exceptionCounter.inc();
-                perObjExceptionCounter.inc();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-}