Distribution of updates in an iot network

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a particular device among a plurality of devices in a particular update cluster, a notification of a plurality of selected redistribution devices for the particular update cluster along with a list of a plurality of update portions of update data that are available from each of the plurality of selected redistribution devices;
• downloading, by the particular device, needed update portions of the plurality of update portions from the corresponding selected redistribution devices;
• combining, by the particular device, all of the plurality of update portions into the update data;
• and
• performing, by the particular device, an update of the particular device using the combined update data.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a particular redistribution device of a plurality of selected redistribution devices in a particular update cluster, one or more particular update portions of a plurality of update portions of update data;
• wherein one or more of a plurality of devices in the particular update cluster, for which the update data is applicable, are notified of the plurality of selected redistribution devices along with which particular update portions are available from each of the plurality of selected redistribution devices;
• and
• uploading, from the particular redistribution device to one or more of the plurality of devices for which the update data is applicable, needed update portions of the one or more particular update portions at the particular redistribution device;
• wherein the one or more of the plurality of devices for which the update data is applicable are configured to i) combine all of the plurality of update portions into the update data, and ii) perform an update using the combined update data.