Graph-based systems and methods for controlling power switching of components

A server, comprising:

• a processing circuit;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processing circuit and comprising computer readable program instructions that, when executed by the processing circuit, cause the server to:
• generate a graph representation of interdependencies of components of the communication system, wherein the graph representation comprises nodes corresponding to the components of the communication system and edges between pairs of nodes representing dependency relationships between the pairs of nodes;
• generate edge weights for the edges of the graph representation, each edge weight corresponding to a relative importance of the dependency relationship represented by the edge weight;
• and
• generate a policy for managing power control by determining the order for switching components represented by the graph nodes on or off based on the edge weights.