The cluster-based distributed MANET consists of several clusters, in which three kinds of nodes are included: cluster heads, ordinary nodes and gateway nodes, and the nodes in it are self-organized.

• 分群的分布式MANET是由具有移动性的节点组成的自组织的网络,这种网络中有若干群,群内有群首节点、普通节点和网关节点三种类型的节点。