Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANETs) is a wireless infrastructure less network consist of mobile
nodes distributed in radio communication area. The network allows its users to free to move i.e.,
enter anytime as well as leave the network anytime. Characteristics of network are cost effective,
time effective, and self-forming. Application of network are military communication, disaster
relief, and medical. Thus, communication information is very sensitive, and suitable protocol is
needed to enable effective communication. One of the approaches to solve the effective
communication is clustering. In this paper we propose a clustering in MANETs based on the
current-status. The proposed work performance is evaluated with NS2 simulator, and results are
compared with existing cluster-based mechanisms. The results show that the proposed work
performance is good in terms of packet delivery, energy awareness, and delay.