  The mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a wireless network based on a group of
mobile nodes without any centralised infrastructure. In civilian data
communication, all nodes cannot be homogeneous-type and not do a specific data
communication. Therefore, node co-operation and cheat-proof are essential
characteristics for successfully running MANETs in civilian data communication.
Denial of service and malicious behaviour of the node are the main concerns in
securing successful communication in MANETs. This scheme proposed a generic
solution to preventing malicious behaviour of the node by the cluster head
through the single hop node clustering strategy.
