We find the $ell$-weights and the $ell$-weight vectors for the highest $ell$-weight $q$-oscillator representations of the positive Borel subalgebra of the quantum loop algebra $U_q(mathcal L(mathfrak{sl}_{l+1}))$ for arbitrary values of $l$. Having this, we establish the explicit relationship between the $q$-oscillator and prefundamental representations. Our consideration allows us to conclude that the prefundamental representations can be obtained by tensoring $q$-oscillator representations.