diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/intent/constraint/LatencyConstraint.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/intent/constraint/LatencyConstraint.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.onlab.onos.net.intent.constraint;
+
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.Link;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.Path;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.Constraint;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.resource.LinkResourceService;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Constraint that evaluates the latency through a path.
+ */
+public class LatencyConstraint implements Constraint {
+
+    // TODO: formalize the key for latency all over the codes.
+    private static final String LATENCY_KEY = "latency";
+
+    private final Duration latency;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new constraint to keep under specified latency through a path.
+     * @param latency latency to be kept
+     */
+    public LatencyConstraint(Duration latency) {
+        this.latency = latency;
+    }
+
+    public Duration getLatency() {
+        return latency;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public double cost(Link link, LinkResourceService resourceService) {
+        String value = link.annotations().value(LATENCY_KEY);
+
+        double latencyInMicroSec;
+        try {
+            latencyInMicroSec = Double.parseDouble(value);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+            latencyInMicroSec = 1.0;
+        }
+
+        return latencyInMicroSec;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean validate(Path path, LinkResourceService resourceService) {
+        double pathLatency = path.links().stream().mapToDouble(link -> cost(link, resourceService)).sum();
+        return Duration.of((long) pathLatency, ChronoUnit.MICROS).compareTo(latency) <= 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(latency);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (!(obj instanceof LatencyConstraint)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final LatencyConstraint that = (LatencyConstraint) obj;
+        return Objects.equals(this.latency, that.latency);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(this)
+                .add("latency", latency)
+                .toString();
+    }
+}