Wepresentaprotocolformanagingmobilewirelessadhocnetworks.Theprotocoluseshierarchicalclusteringofnodestoreducethenumberofmessagesexchangedbetweenthemanagerandtheagents(mobiles).Clusteringalsoenablesthenetworktokeeptrackofmobilesastheyroam.Adhocnetworkmanagementprotocol(ANMP)isfully