A method, performed by a terminal device, the method comprising: receiving, from at least one network device, positioning assistance information based on a predetermined resource configuration framework for positioning reference signals in a beamforming operation, wherein the predetermined resource configuration framework is a synchronization signal block framework comprising a configuration of a set of synchronization signal block resources associated with at least one of a reference cell and a transmit-receive point; receiving a request for at least one measurement from the at least one network device; determining the at least one measurement based on the predetermined resource configuration framework; determining a set comprising a number of synchronization signal block indices having a highest reference signal received power measurement relative to other synchronization signal block indices; performing the at least one measurement on positioning reference signal blocks associated with the set comprising the number of synchronization signal block indices having the highest reference signal received power measurement relative to other synchronization signal block indices; reporting, in response to the request, the at least one measurement based on the predetermined resource configuration framework; and reporting a reference signal time difference report, wherein the reference signal time difference report includes a positioning reference signal index in at least one reference cell, a positioning reference signal index in at least one neighbor cell, and a reference signal time difference, wherein the reporting comprises at least one report that includes a number of the at least one measurement having a highest reference signal receive power or signal-to-noise ratio relative to other positioning reference signal blocks within the set of synchronization signal block indices, where the number of the at least one measurement is less than or equal to the number of synchronization signal block indices. receiving, from at least one network device, positioning assistance information based on a predetermined resource configuration framework for positioning reference signals in a beamforming operation, wherein the predetermined resource configuration framework is a synchronization signal block framework comprising a configuration of a set of synchronization signal block resources associated with at least one of a reference cell and a transmit-receive point; receiving a request for at least one measurement from the at least one network device; determining the at least one measurement based on the predetermined resource configuration framework; determining a set comprising a number of synchronization signal block indices having a highest reference signal received power measurement relative to other synchronization signal block indices; performing the at least one measurement on positioning reference signal blocks associated with the set comprising the number of synchronization signal block indices having the highest reference signal received power measurement relative to other synchronization signal block indices; reporting, in response to the request, the at least one measurement based on the predetermined resource configuration framework; and reporting a reference signal time difference report, wherein the reference signal time difference report includes a positioning reference signal index in at least one reference cell, a positioning reference signal index in at least one neighbor cell, and a reference signal time difference, wherein the reporting comprises at least one report that includes a number of the at least one measurement having a highest reference signal receive power or signal-to-noise ratio relative to other positioning reference signal blocks within the set of synchronization signal block indices, where the number of the at least one measurement is less than or equal to the number of synchronization signal block indices.