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End-to-end latency of messages is an important design parameter that needs to be within specified bounds for the correct functioning of distributed real-time control systems. In this paper we give a formal definition of end-to-end latency, and use this as the basis for checking whether a stipulated deadline is violated within a bounded time. For unbounded verification, we model the system as a set...