On the Linux embedded systems platform, for the application development issues of the AODV algorithm in the wireless mesh networks, the representative UU implementation is adopted, and the specific method of implementing the AODV protocol on the Linux platform is put forward based on the Netfilter functional framework. As a result, the AODV routing protocol is achieved in a real wireless network environment. AODV is applied and implemented on the embedded Linux platform, and a wireless selforganizing network based on IEEE802.11b NIC is built,which extends the network organization mode of IEEE 802.11. Finally, the AODV routing protocol is implemented in the Linux operating system, and the consistency of the implemented functions by the AODV protocol with the basic functions defined in the corresponding protocol standard is verified through a video surveillance system.