Delta Updates for Modules for low-bandwith scenarios
Provide a (binary) delta update process for module/container updates. As of now Azure IoT Edge is not suitable for low-bandwith / bad connectivity (eg. cellular) scenarios as the module/container download always pulls the whole image with potentially hundreds of MBs.
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MP
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balena is offering a similar functionality for their "cloud": https://www.balena.io/docs/learn/deploy/delta/
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MP
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Especially connected car / bike scenarios are currently failing because they cannot connect through WiFi and have massive limits on bandwidth and data volume per day/month because of global cellular connectivity costs.