A structural pattern of the autowave transfer of the pulse and energy in dry and boundary friction systems is proposed. The coherence of friction is provided by a nonlinear excitation wave field with a nucleus-shell structure. A matching nucleus is concentrated in the friction contact and the physical volume of the friction counterbodies plays a role of a feedback resonator. The envelope velocity of a wave packet is a key parameter of the matching of movement in the autowave mode. Physical mechanisms and specific exam ples of the competition of modes in dynamic tribosystems that lead to the self modulation instability of these modes are considered. A comparative analysis of the coherent transfer of the pulse and energy in external and internal friction systems is carried out to describe nonstationary modes and turbulence.